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The Golden-shouldered and Hooded Parrots. [ Tst juTy" 
In P. chrysopterygius the head feathers, especially those on the 
fore-part of the crown, can be raised in the form of a crest, 
while P. dissimilis shows no disposition to raise these feathers. 
In referring to the remaining characters and colour markings, 
we have deemed it best to show them in tabular form, and in 
so doing have used those of the male only. In all we have 
examined eight pairs of the Golden-shouldered Parrot, and about 
twenty pairs of the Hooded Parrot. 
P. dissimilis. 
P. chrysopterygius. 
Crown of head to tip 
of tail. 245 mm. 
Crown of head to base 
of tail. 90 mm. 
Wing, from bend to 
tip of longest quill 115 mm. 
Mid-toe and claw . . 19 mm. 
Tarsus. 12 mm. 
Approximate width 
of streak on nape . 5 mm. 
A definite yellow band 5 mm. 
wide stretches across the 
forehead. 
Hlack cap, small, triangular, 
starting from above the eyes, 
and stretching backwards 
and inwards to the centre of 
the nape, where a narrow 
black streak extends back¬ 
wards and joins the grey of 
the mantle. 
Gold patch on wing small, ill- 
defined, starting a little be¬ 
hind the point of the shoul¬ 
der, and confined practically 
to the lesser wing coverts, 
though some of the greater 
coverts may be tinged with 
yellowish green. Gold patch 
about 24 x 14 mm. 
The -abdomen and under tail 
coverts red, the red feathers 
covering the tarsus. 
Grey of the mantle and back 
light. 
280 
mm. 
110 
mm. 
124 
mm. 
24 
mm. 
15 
mm. 
13-18 mm. 
No yellow band; black hood 
c .tending down to the bill. 
1 Hack cap large, starting from 
base of lower mandible, 
stretching below the eye to¬ 
wards the nape, covering the 
whole of the head. From the 
nape a broad band extends 
on to the mantle. 
Gold patch on wing large, 
clearly defined, starting 
from the point of the shoul¬ 
der and covering the lesser, 
median and greater wing 
coverts. Gold patch about 
52 x 21 mm. 
The abdomen is greenish-blue, 
the under tail coverts alone 
being red, tarsus greenish. 
The female of North's type 
of P. cucullatus shows indis¬ 
tinct traces of red on lower 
abdomen and tarsus. 
The grey of the mantle vari¬ 
able, but generally darker 
than in P. chrysopterygius. 
