BLUE-CHEEKED PARROT. 
Austr. Psittaci, p. 58, 1891 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XX., p. 547, 
1891 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 65, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. 
Birds, Vol. II., p. 633, 1901 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral., p. 49, 1908 ; 
Broadbent, Emu, Vol. X., p. 241, 1910 (N. Q.) ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., 
No. 1, Vol. III., p. 123, 1911. 
Psittacus adscitus adscitus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVTIL, p. 271, 1912 ; id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 132, 1913. 
Psittacus adscitus palliceps Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 271, 1912 ; id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 132, 1913. 
Psittacus adscitus amathusioe Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 271, 1912 ; id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 132, 1913. 
Psittacus adscitus elseyi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 271, 1912 : Gulf of Carpentaria ; 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 132, 1913. 
Range. Northern New South Wales : Queensland. 
Adult male. Entire head, sides of face, and throat pale ochreous-yellow ; mantle and 
scapulars black, the feathers broadly margined with ochreous-yellow, somewhat 
paler and tinged blue on the scapulars ; inner upper wing-coverts black edged with 
blue, those round the bend of the wing, median, and greater series wedgwood-blue, 
rather darker blue on the outer aspect of the bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 
primary and secondary quills, the innermost secondaries like the scapulars, inner 
webs of the bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and flight quills dark brown ; lower 
back, rump, and upper tail-coverts bluish-green, with a shade of yellow and black 
bases to the feathers ; tail dark blue with dark brown on the inner webs of the 
feathers, the lateral feathers very pale blue on the apical portion and broadly 
tipped with white ; breast, sides of the body and abdomen pale turquoise-blue ; 
the feathers on the sides of the breast more or less whitish ; under tail-coverts 
bright salmon pink ; under wing-coverts blue, the greater series and quill-lining 
pale brown with glossy reflections ; lower aspect of tail dark brown on the central 
portion, pale iridescent blue on the outer feathers which are tipped with white. 
Bill white with a bluish tinge. Eyes yellowish-brown ; feet dark grey. Total 
length 320 mm. ; culmen 17, wing 159, tail 170, tarsus 19. Figured. Collected 
at Bingara, New South Wales, in May, 1908. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 
Adult male. Crown of the head, nape, and upper sides of the cheeks straw-yellow ; 
mantle, upper back, scapulars, and inner upper wing-coverts black with straw- 
yellow margins to the feathers on the mantle and pale blue to those of the scapulars 
and innermost secondaries, and darker blue on the edges of the inner upper wing- 
coverts ; the coverts on the margin and bend of the wing dark blue, the outer 
median coverts wedgwood-blue ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts and outer webs 
of the primary- and secondary-quills dark blue becoming paler towards the tips 
of the primaries, the inner webs dark brown ; lower back, rump and upper tail- 
coverts yellowish-blue with a black sub-apical spot tinged with dark blue ; tail 
dark blue, the outer feathers very pale blue on the apical portion, dark brown on 
the inner webs, and fringed with white at the tips ; the feathers on the sides of 
the nape have very narrow dark edges which impart a minutely speckled appearance ; 
lower cheek and throat blue like the under wing-coverts and axillaries ; fore-neck 
and upper-breast straw-yellow with pale blue fringes to the feathers ; lower 
breast and abdomen pale turquoise-blue more or less tinged with yellow ; under 
tail-coverts scarlet-red ; under-surface of the quills and major under wing-coverts 
dark brown with glossy reflections ; lower aspect of tail dark brown on the middle 
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