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sul/tus, nisi singulis plumis lined saturate fused in medio, el 
duabus maculis quadralis ad apicem, ornatis. 
Feathers covering the nostrils, which are erected into a tuft 
alternately banded with blackish brown and white ; all the upper 
surface mottled brown, black and brownish white, the latter pre¬ 
dominating over each eye, where it forms a conspicuous patch ; 
the markings are of a similar but of a larger kind on the wings 
and on the primaries and secondaries assume the form of bars ; 
tail similar but paler, and with the barred form of the markings 
still more distinct; centre of the throat and chest brownish white, 
minutely freckled with brown; sides of the neck and breast and 
all the uuder surface similar, but with a dark line of brown down 
the centre and two large nearly square-shaped spots of brownish 
white near the tip of each feather; bill and feet horn-colour. 
Total length, 20 inches; bill, 2§ ; wing, 9|; tail, 10; tarsi, 1. 
In another specimen the markings are altogether of a much 
darker hue, particularly on the under surface, where the light 
markings are less distinct and more chestnut. 
Hab. The brushes of the Clarence and MacLeay rivers of New 
South Wales. 
Remark. —This species differs from all its Australian allies by 
the more lengthened form of the tail and the conspicuous tuft of 
feathers which spring from the fore-part of the head, and it is from 
this character the specific name has been taken. 
Platycercus splendidus. Plat, capite, colli lateribus, el 
medio pectore, coccineis ; genis albis; dorso inferiore, et 
tectricibus caud<E superioribus pallidb viridibus; lateribus 
pectoris, et abdomine splendidb fiavis; crisso pallidh viridi. 
Head, sides of the neck, and centre of the breast scarlet; 
cheeks white, faintly tinged with blue; feathers of the back and 
scapularies black, broadly margined with gamboge-yellow; lower 
part of the back and upper tail-coverts pale green; on the 
shoulder a patch of black ; wing-coverts pale blue; primaries 
black, with the exception of the basal portion of the external web, 
which is rich deep blue; two central tail-feathers dark green at 
the base, passing into deep blue on the apical half of the external 
web, and tipped with black; the next on each side is black on 
