Order PS ITT A Cl FORMES. 
Family PLATYCERCIDIE. 
No. 362. 
PSEPHOTUS H2EMATONOTUS. 
RED-BACKED PARROT. 
(Plate 310.) 
Platycercus hcematonotus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1837, p. 88 : New South Wales. 
Platycercus hcematonotus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1837, p. 88 : id., ib., p. 151, 1838 ; 
Finsch, Die Papageien, Vol. II., p. 219, 1868 ; Reichenow, Joum. fur Om., 1881, 
p. 115. 
N anodes hcematonotis Mitchell, Three Exped. East Austr., Vol. I., p. xviii., 1838. 
Psephotus hcematonotus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xix. (Vol. V., pi. 36), 1845 ; Sturt, Narr. 
Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. II., App., p. 39, 1849; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., 
Vol. II., p. 69, 1865; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 194, 1878; 
Broadbent, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensl., Vol. III., p. 30, 1886 ; Ramsay, Tab. List 
Austr. Birds, p. 17, 1888 ; North, Austr. Mus. Cat., No. 12, p. 262, 1890 ; Ramsay, 
Cat. Austr. Psittac., p. 75, 1891 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. XX., p. 567, 
1891 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 67, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. 
Birds, Vol. II., p. 648, 1901 ; id., Emu, Vol. I., p. 74, 1901 ; Hill, Emu, Vol. II., 
p. 165, 1903 (Vic.) ; Batey, ib., Vol. VII., p. 12, 1907 (Vic.) ; Hill, ib., p. 22 (Vic.) ; 
Austin, ib., p. 75 (N.S.W.) ; Mathews, Handl. Birds Austral, p. 50, 1908; North, 
Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. III., p. 149, 1911 ; Mathews, Nov. Zool., 
Vol. XVIII., p. 277, 1912 ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 135, 1913. 
Psephotus hcematonotus virescens Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. II., p. 128, Jan. 28, 
1915 : South Australia. 
Psephotus hcematonotus hcematonotus Mathews, ib. 
Distribution. Interior South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. 
Adult male. General colour, for the most part, turquoise-blue both above and below 
brighter on the fore part of the head, sides of face, throat, fore-neck, and lesser 
marginal upper wing-coverts, duller and paler on the back, median and greater 
upper wing-coverts and outer-webs of the inner secondaries ; outer greater 
coverts blue ; hind-neck inclining to green ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts and 
flight-quills deep blue on the outer-webs, becoming greyish on the primaries towards 
the tips, and dark brown on the inner-webs ; lower back and rump red ; upper tail- 
coverts green ; central tail-feathers green becoming darker and inclining to blue 
towards the tips, outer feathers blue with long white tips and dark brown on the 
inner-webs ; outer median wing-coverts above yellowish-green like the breast and 
sides of body ; abdomen and thighs yellow, the latter tinged with blue ; vent and 
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