LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Barnardius zonarius woolundra Mathews, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. XL., p. 44, Dec. 8th, 1919 : Woolundra, 
West Australia. 
Distribution, West and South Australia. From Roebume, West Australia, to Port Lincoln, South 
Australia. 
CCXXXVIIL Genus PURPUREICEPHALUS. 
Purpureicephalus Bonaparte, Revue Mag. de Zool., 2nd Ser., Vol. VI., p. 153, March 1854. Type (by mono- 
typy) : P- pileatus = Psittacus spurius Kuhl. 
Porphyreicephalus Reichenow, Vogelb. Syst. Verz., p. 1, 1883. Emendation only. 
278. PURPUREICEPHALUS SPURIUS. RED-CAPPED PARROT. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 32 (pt. xix.), June 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 5, pi. 309, Sept. 
11th, 1917. 
Psittacus spurius Kuhl, Nov. Act. Phys. Acad. Leop. Carol., Vol. X., p. 52, (pref. Oct.) 1820 : Albany, South- 
west Australia. 
Platycercus pileatus Vigors, Zool. Journ., Vol. V., p. 274, June 1830 : Albany. 
Platycercus rufifrons Lesson, Traite d’Orn., 3e livr., p. 208, July 10th, 1830 : Albany. 
Psittacus ( Platycercus ) purpureocephalus Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. de “ l’Astrol.,” Zool., Vol. I., p. 235, (pref. June 
29th) 1830 : King George Sound = Albany. 
Purpureicephalus spurius carteri Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 128, Jan. 28th, 1915 : Broome Hill, 
South-west Australia (inland). 
Distribution. South-west Australia. 
CCXXXIX. Genus PSEPHOTUS. 
Psephotus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xix. (Vol. V., pi. 36), June 1st, 1845. Type (by monotypy ) : Platycercus hcema- 
tonotus Gould. 
Glarkona Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VI., pt. 5, p. 391, Sept. 11th, 1917. Type (by monotypy) : Psephotus varius 
Clark. 
279. PSEPHOTUS HA3M ATON OTUS. RED-BACKED PARROT. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 36 (pt. xix.), June 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 5, pi. 310, Sept. 
11th, 1917. 
Platycercus haematonotus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1837, p. 88, Feb. 13th, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Psephotus haematonotus virescens Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 7, p. 128, Jan. 28th., 1915: South 
Australia. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia. 
280. PSEPHOTUS VARIUS. MANY-COLOURED PARROT. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 35 (pt. xxviii.), Sept. 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 5, pi. 311, Sept. 
11th, 1917. 
Psittacm multicolor Kuhl, Nov. Act. Phys. Acad. Leop. Carol., Vol. X., p. 55, (pref. Oct.) 1820 : Spencer’s Gulf, 
South Australia. 
Not Psittacus multicolor Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. i., p. 328, July 25th, 1788. 
Psephotus varius Clark, Auk., Vol. XXVII., p. 80, Jan. 1st, 1910. New name for Psittacus multicolor Kuhl : 
Spencer’s Gulf, South Australia. 
Psephotus dulciei Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 14, June 17th, 1911. New name for P. multicolor 
Kuhl : Spencer’s Gulf, South Australia. 
Psephotus varius rosince Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 277, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Yorke Peninsula, South 
Australia. 
Psephotus varius exsul Mathews, ib. : Mount Magnet, West Australia. 
Psephotus varius ethelce Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VI., pt. 5, p. 408, Sept. 11th, 1917 : Macdonnell Range, Central 
Australia. 
Psephotus varius orientalis Mathews, ib. : Underbool, Victoria. 
Distribution. South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South and West Australia. 
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