Order PSITTACIFORMES. Family PLATYCERC1DM. 
No. 62. 
BARNARDIUS CROMMELDME. 
ALLIED MALLEE PARROT. 
(Plate 43.) 
Barnardius crommelinje Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XLVI.,p.21, Nov. 4th, 1925: 
Australia (?); Tavistock, Avicultural Mag., Ser. rv., Vol. V., No. 6, p. 145 (and coloured 
plate), June 1927. 
Distribution. Australia (?). 
Adult female. Back and scapulars dull dark blue-grey; primaries and secondaries black, the 
outer webs bluish ; wing-coverts with the inner webs black, outer green or greenish- 
yellow ; bend of wing blue; upper tail-coverts green with a bluish tip to the feathers; 
tail-feathers with the central pair greenish-blue, getting bluer towards the tip, remainder 
blue at the base getting whiter towards the tips; a well-developed red frontal band; 
top of the head pale green ; a band from the eye and over the nape brownish ; a dark 
V-shaped mark of dull green at the back of the head; lores black; cheeks blue; sides of 
the face green with a white mark on each feather; a yellow patch on each side of the 
neck; entire under-surface blue-green. Bill and feet horn-colour; eyes brown. Total 
length 300 mm.: wing 135, culmen 18, tail 163, tarsus 18. Measurements approximate, 
taken from a live bird. 
I have had this plate prepared in the hope that it will help others 
to decide on its validity. 
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