LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Barnardius zonarius woolundra Mathews, Bull. Brit. Omith. Club, Vol. XL., p. 44, Dec. 8th, 1919 : Woolundra, 
West Australia. 
Distribution. West and South Australia. From Roeburne, West Australia, to Port Lincoln, South 
Australia. 
CCXXXVIII. Genus PURPUREICEPHALUS. 
Purpureicephalus Bonaparte, Revue Mag. de Zool., 2nd Ser., Yol. VI., p. 153, March 1854. Type (by mono- 
typ y): P. pileatus = Psittacus spurius Kuhl. 
Por phy reice phalus 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. 
P#ittacux spurius Kuhl, Xov. Act. Phys. Acad. Leop. Carol., Vol. X., p. G2, (pref. Oct.) 1820 : Albany, South- 
west Australia. 
PlatyccrOUs pileatus Vigors, Zool. Journ., Vol. V., p. 274, Juno 1830 : Albany. 
Platyccrcus rufifrons Lesson, Traite d'Om., 3o livr., p. 208, July 10th, 1830 : Albany. 
Psittacus ( Platyeercus ) purpurcoccphalus Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. de “ rAstrol.,** 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. 
Clarkona Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VT., pt. 5, p. 391, Sept. 11th, 1917. Type (by monotypy) : Psephotus varius 
Clark. 
279. PSEPHOTUS HA2MATONOTUS. RED-BACKED PARROT. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 36 (pt. xix.), June 1st, 1S45. Mathews, Vol. VI., pt. 5, pi. 310, Sept. 
11th, 1917. 
Platycercus hEematonotuS Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1837, p. 88, Feb. 13th, 1838 : New South Wales. 
Psephotus hwmatonotus 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. 
Psittacus 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 rosinw Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XYIII., p. 277, Jan. 31st, 1912: Yorke Peninsula, South 
Australia. 
Psephotus varius exsul Mathews, ib. : Mount Magnet, West Australia. 
Psephotus varius ethdee Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VI., pt. 5, p. 408, Sept. 11th, 1917 : Macdonnell Range, Central 
Australia. 
Psephotus varius orient alia Mathews, ib. : Underbool, Victoria. 
Distribution. South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South and West Australia. 
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