Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 161 
p. 566, is no doubt an adult female, as is indicated by tbe 
absence of any trace of white spots on the inner webs of 
the primaries. 
[The Many-coloured Parakeet was not uncommon in the 
central and western divisions, and was observed flying about 
in small flocks.— G. C. $.] 
Barnardius semitorquatus (Quoy & Gaim.). 
Barnardius semitorquatus Math. p. 50. 
a-d. S et $ $ imm. Arthur Elver, 18th-22nd June* 
e. Imm. Dale River, 16th Dec, 
Iris dark brown ; bill of a whitish horn-colour ; cere and 
legs dusky. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 15‘5-17'25 inches. 
The type-specimen of this species was procured at King 
George’s Sound, South-west Australia. As shown by the 
description “ alis subtus albo notatis,” it was an immature 
bird and had the breast and belly bright green, with no 
indication of a yellow band. 
Three specimens in the British Museum from Darling 
Range, S.W. Australia, presented by Mr. G. Firth Scott, 
agree with Quoy & Gaimard’s description of their Psittacus 
semitorquatus; likewise an immature male from Arthur 
River, Wagin, killed by Mr. Shortridge on the 22nd of 
June. 
Mr. Shortridge also procured at Arthur River, Wagin, at 
the same time, three specimens (one fully adult and two 
nearly so) which have a yellow band across the breast, and 
in this respect approach B . zonarius Shaw, which is found 
in West Australia and in the interior : they resemble typical 
B. semitorquatus in all other respects, namely, in their larger 
size (wing 70-7*5 inches), larger bill, and in the fact of 
their possessing a red band across the forehead. 
It is on birds in this plumage from the Wagin district 
that Mr. Mathews was at one time disposed to found a new 
subspecies. But the arguments against adopting this view 
are, first, that I am by no means sure that the adult of 
B. semitorquatus does not normally assume a yellow band 
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