Order PSITTACIFORMES Family PLAT Y CERGIDM. 
No. 356- 
PLATYCERCUS ADSCITUS. 
BLUE-CHEEKED PARROT. 
(Plate 304.)* 
Psittacus adscitus Latham, Index Omith., Vol. I., p. 126, 1790 : Loc. unknown — 
I determined 1912 : Cooktown, Queensland. 
Blue-cheeked Parrot Latham, Gen. Synops. Birds, Suppl. I., p. 64, 1787. 
Psittacus adscitus Latham, Index Omith., Vol. I., p. 126, 1790. 
Platycercus palliceps Lear, Illustr. Psittacidse, pt. xn., 1832 : No loc. I designated in 1912 ; 
New South Wales ; Selby, Nat. Library Parrots, pi. 26, p. 176, 1836 ; Gould, 
Synops. Birds Austr., pi. 23,1837; id., Birds Austr., pt. v. (Vol. V., pi. 26), 1841; 
id., Handb. Buds Austr., Vol. II., p. 51, 1865 ; Ramsay, Ibis, 1865, p. 86 ; Diggles, 
Ornith. Austr., pt. x., 1866 ; Finsch, Die Papageien, Vol. II., p. 195, 1865. 
Platycercus coelestis Lesson, Echo du Monde Savant, 11th year, No. 5, July 18, 1844, ool. Ill : 
New South Wales. 
Platycercus amathusice t Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XXX., p. 133, 
1850 : Cape York, Queensl’d ; Finsch, Die Papageien, Vol. II., p. 197, 1868 ; 
Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 194, 1878 ; Reichenow, Journ. fur 
Orn. 1881, p. 119 ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 16, 1888 ; Salvadori, Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XX., p. 548, 1891 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 65, 
1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. II., p. 634, 1901 ; Mathews, 
Handl. Birds Austral., p. 49, 1908 ; Campbell, Emu, Vol. X., p. 339, 1911 (N. Q.) ; 
Barnard, id., Vol. XI., p. 23, 1911 (N. Q.) ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, 
Vol. III., p. 125, 1911. 
Platycercus cyanogenys Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1855, p. 166 : Cape York, Australia ; 
id., Birds Austr. Suppl., pt. n. (pi. 63) 1855 ; id., Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 62, 
1865 ; Ramsay, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1875, p. 602 ; Maogillivray, Emu, Vol. XIII., 
p. 157, 1914 (N. Q.). 
Platycercus pallidus (errore) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 1862, p. 185. 
Platycercus pallidiceps Sclater, ib., 1873, p. 466 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., 
p. 193, 1878; Reichenow, Journ. fur Om., 1881, p. 119; Broadbent, Proc. Roy. 
Soc. Queensl’d, Vol. II., p. 124, 1885; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, 
p. 16, 1888 ; North, Austr. Mus. Cat., No. 12, p. 258, 1890 ; Ramsay, Cat. 
* The Plate is lettered Platycercus palliceps and P. amathusia . 
t Generally spelt amathusia. 
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