CRIMSON-BELLIED PARROT. 
When I ranged my specimens for the purpose of determining subspecies 
during the preparation of my Reference List it became obvious why so much 
variation was observed. The majority of specimens came from the junction of 
the range of the two chief subspecific forms, viz. mid New South Wales. 
I admitted four subspecies as follows : 
Psephotus hcematogaster hcematogaster (Gould). South Queensland, 
New South Wales. 
Psephotus hcematogaster xanthorrhous (Bonaparte). New South Wales. 
Psephotus hcematogaster alter. 
“Differs from P. h. xanthorrhous in its much larger size, and in having the 
under tail-coverts greenish-yellow.” 
Northern Victoria. 
Psephotus hcematogaster pallescens Salvadori. South Australia 
(Interior). 
In my “ List of the Birds of Australia” I maintained these four subspecies 
but accepted the generic name Northiella. There must be a readjustment of 
names and a reconsideration of range, but the four subspecies can be easily 
recognised. Thus : — 
Northiella hcematogaster hcematogaster (Gould). Western New South 
Wales. 
Of this P. xanthorrhoa Bonaparte is an absolute synonym, being founded on 
the type specimen. Captain Sturt’s birds and Broken Hill specimens would 
be fairly typical. 
Northiella hcematogaster hcematorrhous (Gould). South Queensland ; 
East New South Wales. 
As Gould stated : “It frequents the borders of the rivers Namoi and 
Darling.” I select the former as the type locality. I wrote : “ Regarding the 
distribution of these forms, I have not sufficient data to delimit their ranges. 
My specimens show that 33° S. by 147° E. is the farthest south attained by 
the red-vented bird, but specimens must be continually collected to fix 
such range. Plight observations are quite valueless.” Gould’s name of 
hcematorrhous was proposed for the red-vented bird to replace his own 
hcenYWbtogaster wrongly applied in the folio edition. It must be maintained and 
my N. h. zanda must be cited as a synonym. 
Northiella hcematogaster alter (Mathews). Northern Victoria. 
This subspecies is better characterized than the preceding. 
Northiella hcematogaster pallescens (Salvadori). Interior South 
Australia. 
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