Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 
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PORPHYROCEPHALUS SPURIUS (Kuhl). 
Porphyrocephalus spurius Math. p. 40, 
a-c. 3 ? et 3 imm. King River, 7th & 10th Dec. 
d. 3 . Albany, 25th March. 
Iris dark brown ; eyelid and cere dusky ; bill of a bluisK- 
slate-colour, darker at the tip ; legs of a dark slate-colour. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 15 inches. 
[The Red-capped Parakeet was generally seen in small 
parties, often in pairs. It inhabits the extreme south¬ 
western districts and is fairly plentiful round Albany. It 
is known among the colonists as the “ King Parrot.”-— 
G. C . S.] 
Platycercus icterotis (Kuhl). 
Platycercus icterotis Math. p. 49. 
a-f. 3 et 3 ? imm. King River, 13th Dec. to 7th Jan. 
g. Imm. Big Grove, 2nd May. 
h. 3 • Arthur River, 22nd June. 
i . k. d imm. Dale River, 16th Dec. & Jan. 
1. Imm. Stockpool, Jan. 
Iris dark brown ; bill of a light bluish-horn-colour; 
cere dusky black ; legs grey in the adult, of a pinkish-slate- 
colour in the immature bird. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 10*5-11*75 inches. 
The series, which includes mostly immature birds, exhibits 
various and somewhat puzzling stages of plumage : as regards 
the colouring and pattern of the back; specimen “ l ” 
approaches P. .xanthogenys. 
[The Yellow-cheeked Parakeet was very plentiful in the 
south-western division.— G. C. Su] 
Platycekcus xanthogenys Salvad. 
Platycercus icterotis xanthogenys Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. 
p. 212 (1905) [Beaufort & Cranbrook, W. Australia]. 
Platycercus xanthogenys Math. p. 49. 
a-c. 3 et 3 ? imm. ParkePs Range, 10th-12th Aug. 
Legs grey. 
Total length, measured in the flesh :—male 11*75 inches, 
female 10*5 inches* 
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