LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
CCXVII. Genus GLOSSOPSITTA. 
Glossopsitta Bonaparte, Revue Mag. deZool., 2nd Ser., Vol. VI., p. 157, March 1854. Type (by subsequent designa- 
tion, Gray 1855, p. 88): P. australis Lath. = Psittacus concinnus Shaw and Nodder. 
Gentrowrus Gray, List Genera Birds, 1st ed., p. 51, April 1840. Type (by original designation) : P. concinnus Shaw 
and Nodder. 
Not Oentrourus Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 303, July 1st, 1837. 
Parvipsitta Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VI., pt. i., p. 43, Nov. 22nd, 1916. Type (by original designation) : 
Psittacus pusillu8 White. b ' ' 
245. GLOSSOPSITTA CONCINNA. MUSK LORIKEET. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 52 (pt. xiii.), Dec. 1st, 1843. Mathews. Vol. VI., pt. 1, pi. 279, Nov 22nd 
1916. 
Psittacus concinnus Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Miscell., Vol. III., p. 87, Dec. 1st, 1791 : New South Wales. 
Psittacus australis Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. I., p. 104, 1790 (before Dec. 9th) : Botany Bay, New South Wales 
Not Psittacus australis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. x. p. 329, July 25th, 1788. 
Psittacus pacificus phillipinus Kerr, Animal Kingdom, pt. i., p. 583, (pref. Feb.) 1792. New name for P australis 
Latham. 
Psittacus rubrifrons Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. Vogel, p. 84, (pref. April 12th, 1810) 1811 : New South Wales. 
Psittacus velatus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. XXV., p. 373, Dec. 26th, 1818 : “ Nouveile Hollande ” = 
New South Wales. 
Glossopsitta concinna didimus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 127, Jan. 28th, 1915 : Tasmania. 
Distribution. East Australia from South Queensland to Bass Straits, South Australia, and Tasmania. 
246. GLOSSOPSITTA PORPHYROCEPHALA. PURPLE-CROWNED LORIKEET. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 53 (pt. i.), Dec. 1st, 1840. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 1, pi. 279, Nov. 22nd, 
1916. 
Psittacus purpurea Dietrichsen, Philos. Mag., new series, Vol. 11, p. 387, May 1832 : New South Wales. 
Not Psittacus purpureus P. L. S. Muller, Natursyst. Suppl., p. 74, (pref. Jan. 4th) 1776. 
Trichoglossus porphyrocephalus Dietrichsen, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XVII., pt. iv., p. 553, 1837. New 
name for Psittacus purpurea Dietrichsen 1832 : New South Wales. 
Glossopsitta porphyrocephala whitlocki Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 260, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Wilson’s Inlet 
South-west Australia. 
Distribution. Southern extra-tropical Australia. 
247. GLOSSOPSITTA PUSILLA. LITTLE LORIKEET. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 54 (pt. xiii.), Dec. 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 1, pi. 279, Nov 22nd 
1916. 
Psittacus pusillus White, Journ. Voy. New South Wales, p. 262, pi. 48 (dated Dec. 29th, 1789), (reviewed Aug.) 
1790 : New South Wales. 
Psittacus pusillus Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. I., p. 106, 1790 (before Dec. 9th) : New South Wales. 
Psittacus nuPhalis Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. Vogel, p. 81, (pref. April 12th, 1810) 1811 : New South Wales 
Not Psittacus nuchalis Shaw, Nat. Miscell., Vol. XXI., pi. 913, June 1810. 
Glossopsitta pusilla ashbyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 127, Jan. 28th, 1915 : Cairns, North 
Queensland. 
Distribution. East Australia from Cairns, Queensland, to Bass Straits, South Australia, and Tasmania.. 
Family OPOPSITTIDJB. 
CCXVIII. Genus OPOPSITTA. 
Opopsitta Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1860, p. 227, Aug. 1st. Type (by monotypy) : Psittacula diophthalma 
Hombron et Jacquinot. 
Gyclopsitta Auct., not Reichenbach, Syst. Av., tab. lxxxii., 1850. 
Manopsitta Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pts. 2-3, p. 62, Oct. 23rd, 1913. Type (by original designation) 
Gyclopsitta coxeni Gould. 
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