BLUE-WINGED PARROT. 
Neonanodes chrysostomus Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 138, 1913. 
Neonanodes chrysostomus tasmanica Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. II., p. 128, 
Jan. 28, 1915 : Tasmania. 
Neonanodes chrysostomus chrysostomus Mathews, ib. 
Distribution. Tasmania ; Victoria ; New South Wales. 
Adult male. Entire back, scapulars, innermost secondaries, rump, and upper tail-coverts 
pale yellowish-green ; upper wing-coverts bright ultramarine blue ; bastard-wing, 
primary-coverts, and quills blackish-brown, the outer edges of some of the outer 
primary-quills pale blue ; central pair of tail-feathers pale blue, the next pair pale 
blue on the outer-webs, dark brown on the inner ones with an inclination to yellow 
on the outer margin at the tips, the remainder of the lateral feathers tipped with 
yellow : the yellow increasing in extent towards the outermost pair which are 
almost entirely yellow ; crown of head golden yellow, a frontal band of dark 
ultramarine blue which is fringed on the posterior portion with green ; lores and 
a circle round the eye yellow ; cheeks, sides of neck, throat, and breast pale green ; 
abdomen, flanks, thighs, under tail-coverts and lower aspect of tail yellow ; under 
wing-coverts deep ultramarine blue ; lower aspect of quills dark brown. Iris brown, 
feet mealy-grey, bill bluey-horn. Total length 225 mm ; culmen 9, wing 113, tail 1 10, 
tarsus 14. Figured. Collected at Melton, Victoria, and is the type of N. c. cyanopterus. 
Adult female. Differs from the adult male in lacking the golden yellow on the head, in 
having the frontal band not so pronounced and in being more green on the under- 
surface. There is only a faint tinge of yellow on the abdomen. 
Immature. Have the wing-coverts not so blue, and the frontal band is only indicated, 
and more resembles the female. 
Nest. A hole in a tree, stump or log. 
Eggs. Clutch five to seven ; white ; 22-23 mm. by 19-20. 
Breeding -season. October to January. 
This species was described by Kuhl and Temminck under different names: 
the circumstances of the confusion have been already detailed. While Kuhl 
did not particularise any locality, simply stating “ In Nova Hollandia frequens,” 
Temminck definitely noted King George’s Sound. The species does not occur 
in the latter locality. 
When I drew up my “ List of the Birds of Australia ” I selected New South 
Wales as the type locality, but here again monographic study has solved the 
trouble. Kuhl described the male and female, noting “In Museo Societ. 
Linneanas Londinensis, in Bullokiano multi, in Laugeriano.” It appears that 
the figured male is undoubtedly the Tasmanian bird, but the female may not 
have been. 
Vigors and Horsfield give the clue, as they wrote : “ Mr. Caley informs us 
that this bird is called by the settlers Hobart Ground Parrot. The native name 
he has not ascertained. Our male specimen was brought by that gentlemen 
from Van Diemen’s Land; the female was procured by Mr. Brown at King 
George’s Sound.” 
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