LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
265. POLYTELIS ANTHOPEPLUS. ROCK PEBBLER. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 16 (pfc. xviii.), March 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 3, pi. 296, April 
17th, 1917. F 
Paloeornis anthopeplus Lear, Illust. Psittac., pt. vm. f Oct. 1st, 1831 : Now South Wales. 
Palceomis melanura Lear, ib., pt. xn., 1832 : Now South Wales. 
Polytdis 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. 
Northipsltta Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 127, Deo. 24th, 1912. New name for Spathopterus 
North, July 1895. Type (by monotypy); Polyteles alcxandrcr Gould. 
Spathopterus North, Ibis, 1895, p. 339, July. Type (by monotypy) : Polyteles alexandrcr 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. 
Polytdes alexandrffl Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1863, p. 232, Oct. 1 : Howell's Pond, Central Australia. 
Spathopterus alexandree rogerai Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 57, April 7th, 1916 : North-west 
Australia. 
Distribution. Central Australia generally. 
CCXXXIV. Genus APROSMICTZJS. 
Aprosmietus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1842, p. Ill, Jan. 1843. Typo (by subsequent designation. 
Gray, Genera Birds, Vol. II., p. 408, 1846) : P. erythropterus Gmelin. 
Ptiatts 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. 
Psittacw erythropterus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. i„ p. 343, July 25th, 1788 : New South Wales. 
Psittacus melanotus Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Miscell., Vol. XVT., pi. 653, Jan. 1, 1805 : New South Wales. 
Ptistes eoccineopterus Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 39, (Dec.) 1865: Port Essington, Northern 
Territory. 
Aprosmietus erythropterus parryensis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 268, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, 
North-west Australia. 
Aprosmietus erythropterus yorki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 118, Dec. 24th, 1912 : Cape York, 
North Queensland. 
Aprosmietus erythropterus melvillensis Ziotz, South Austr. Omith., 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. XVTII., 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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