SWIFT-PARROT. 
Euphema discolor Wagler, Abkandl. Ak. Wissen. Munch., Vol. I., pp. 493, 545, 707, 
1832 ; Oberholser, Smiths. Quarterly Inst. Publ., Vol. 8, p. 61, 1905 ; Mathews, 
Handl. Birds Austral, p. 51, 1908. 
Lathamus discolor Lesson, Compl. de Buffon, Vol. IX., Ois, p. 217, 1837 ; Gould, Birds 
Austr., pt. i. (Vol. V., pi. 47), 1840 ; id., Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 90, 1865 ; 
Diggles, Ornith. Austr., pt. xvm., 1868 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., 
p. 194, 1878 ; Legge, Papers Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1886, p. 238, 1887 (Tas.) ; 
Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 17, 1888 ; North, Austr. Mus. Cat., No. 12, 
p. 266, 1890 ; Ramsay, Cat. Austr. Psittaci, p. 92, 1891 ; Mathews, List Birds 
Austr., p. 139, 1913; Mellor & White, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 161, 1913 (Flinders Island) ; 
Chandler, ib., Vol. XIII., p. 37, 1913 (Vic.). 
Trichoglossus discolor G. R. Gray, List Spec. Birds B. M., pt. m., p. 63, 1859 ; Finsch, 
Die Papageien, Vol. II., p. 864, 1868. 
Qoriphilus discolor, Schlegel, De Dierent, p. 78, 1864. 
Lathamus discolor discolor Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 279, 1912 ; id., List Birds 
Austr., p. 139, 1913. 
Lathamus discolor tregellasi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 279, 1912 : Mulgrave, 
Victoria; id., List Birds Austr., p. 139, 1913; South Austr. Ornith., Vol. I., pt. m., 
p. 17, 1914 : Ashby, id., pt. iv., p. 21 ; id., ib., Vol. III., p. 62, 1917 (Tasm.). 
Distribution. New South Wales ; Victoria ; Tasmania ; South Australia. 
Adult male,. General colour for the most part green, both above and below ; entire back, 
rump, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, and inner upper wing-coverts and outer-webs 
of the inner secondary-quills grass-green tinged with blue on the outer median 
and greater upper wing-coverts and long upper tail-coverts ; the coverts on the 
shoulder of the wing crimson-red ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts bluish-black ; 
primary-quills similar but paler, especially on the inner-webs, the outer-webs 
edged with yellow except the outer one which is uniform ; secondaries blackish 
edged with bluish-green on the outer- webs of the outer ones, the inner- webs of 
some of the innermost secondaries pale red ; tail for the most part pale blue tinged 
with dull red on the outer-webs of the central feathers on the basal portion ; middle 
of crown dark blue ; occiput, hind-neck, sides of neck, and sides of face green with 
a strong wash of turquoise-blue ; lores yellow ; forehead and fore part of cheeks scarlet, 
as are also some of the feathers on the middle and sides of the breast, thighs, and 
under tail-coverts ; axillaries and under wing-coverts similar but deeper in colour ; 
fore-neck, breast, and abdomen pale green with yellowish bases to the feathers ; 
some of the marginal wing-coverts below green ; greater under wing-coverts and 
quill-lining pale brown ; lower aspect of tail greyish-brown with rusty edges to 
the inner-webs. Bill reddish, eyes dark brown, feet grey. Total length 260 mm. ; 
culmen 12, wing 124, tail 118, tarsus 12. Figured. Collected in Tasmania. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 
Nest. A hole in a tree. 
Eggs. Clutch, two. White. 25 mm. by 19. 
Breeding-season. November to January. 
In Phillips’s Voyage to Botany Bay, 1789, a plate was given opposite page 269 
of the Red-shouldered Parrakeet, which was described : “ This bird is about 
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