LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
265. POLYTELIS ANTHOPEPLUS. ROCK PEEBLES. 
Gould, Vol. V.. pi. 16 (pt. xviii.), March 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 3, pi. 296, April 
17th, 1917. 
Palceornis anthopeplus Lear, Illust. Psittac., pt. vm., Oct. 1st, 1831 : New South Wales. 
Palceornis melanura Lear, ib., pt. xii., 1832 : New South Wales. 
Polytelis anthopeplus westralis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7. p. 127, Jan. 28th, 1915 : West Australia. 
Distribution. Extra-tropical southern Australia. Not Tasmania. 
CCXXXIII. Genus NORTHIPSITTA. 
Northipsitta Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 127, Dec. 24th, 1912. New name for Spathopterus 
North, July 1895. Type (by monotypy) : Polyteles alexandrce Gould. 
Spathopterus North, Ibis, 1895, p. 339, July. Type (by monotypy) : Polyteles alexandrce Gould. 
Not Spathoptera Latreille, Serv. Ann. Soc. Entom. France, Vol. IV., p. 50, 1835. 
266. NORTHIPSITTA ALEXANDRAS. PINK-CHEEKED PARROT. 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 62 (pt. iv.), Dec. 1st, 1867. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 3, pi. 297, April 
17th, 1917. 
Polyteles alexandrse Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1863, p. 232, Oct. 1 : Howell’s Pond, Central Australia. 
Spathopterus alexandrce rogersi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 57, April 7th, 1916 : North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Central Australia generally. 
CCXXXIV. Genus APROSMICTUS. 
Aprosmictus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. Ill, Jan. 1843. Type (by subsequent designation. 
Gray, Genera Birds, Vol, II., p. 408, 1846) : P. erythropterus Gmelin. 
Ptistes Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 37, (Dec.) 1865. Type (by subsequent designation) : P. erythrop- 
terus Gmelin. 
267. APROSMICTUS ERYTHROPTERUS. RED-WINGED PARROT. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 18 (pt. ix.), Sept. 1st, 1842. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 3, pi. 298, April 
17th, 1917. 
Psittacus erythropterus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. i., p. 343, July 25th, 1788 : New South Wales. 
Psittacus melanotus Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Miscell., Vol. XVI., pi. 653, Jan. 1, 1805 : New South Wales. 
Ptistes coccineopterus Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 39, (Dec.) 1865 : Port Essington, Northern 
Territory. 
Aprosmictus erythropterus parryensis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 268, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, 
North-west Australia. 
Aprosmictus erythropterus yorki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 118, Dec. 24th, 1912 : Cape York, 
North Queensland. 
Aprosmictus erythropterus melvillensis Zietz, South Austr. Ornith., Vol. I., pt. i., p. 14, Jan. 1914 : Melville 
Island, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Tropical northern Australia and New South Wales. 
CCXXXV. Genus ALISTERUS. 
Alisterus Mathews, Nov, Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 13, June 17th, 1911. Type (by original designation) : P. cyano- 
pygius — P, scapularis Lichtenstein. 
268. ALISTERUS SCAPULARIS. KING PARROT. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 17 (pt. viii.), Sept. 1st, 1824. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 3, pi. 299, April 
17th, 1917. 
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