T O I /T H B 1 ,3 IS v V
POLYTELIS MELANURA.
Black-tailed Parrakeet.
Palaornis mrlamra, "* 'ïs
anthopeplus, \
PolyteK, :
u&^wiW’diu MSHPSg i ,n cn Auatnilia.
Jti^A:“g^^OT)gmeg;;of King GebSSa-Hnvr ^W H
Jtf&ntam gSmi't nlousfS'.f ’fw'reiu 'f i
-- I - ------- - naa muierto only been
onml m id « , UjjJ,. .n p .ru ,., of tin ,, ,itm7.it j g s S tg f r ih , nr, n pagtpe r must necessarily be brief.
M W I H l l mr ■ « M 1 Stnrtfonnd it on
ll'" k' nt ,hi \!jIn 11 a u h f p y wuv. <d b i-jum iii* into tin interior 111,
-E (^ w ^ nr S ^ B B I K B S north Wl,t i f Adriudi, o,d Mr. Gilbert
1 , 1 "bill gum l .> i f f t " a i i i% ^ ^ f a ^ T C n l f r n ^ t ^ I b ( .xirirfui if, ring, io n lm « d
f f ili'tk b h m jn -to d ftm n in . ( plun «■!j j r at S M B P I .* mi ,r,ili'7olninfc,J, i r . ^
IP 8 f » j l u » l -,l|i ylv inMilioriedtbni^boWy aftu n, f lr s n ^ i r u j l ’thi- flu, k - o f a j i e w Paroquet
passed oyer our heads, aj p »j f e r j i i u In ^ N ^ ^ T h e y always kept too h i g h ^ & l d p a g bnt
^ « n u ' i l . d i i ^ l l r g S im g |r . n i d . , J*.J3 idduum !■> t ^ s c a n t y l o c k k
su b fy is i.lJp n u iA lh is t.^ J llSK Iu 'v , f a n ind,',ftd> to ih e-hunlu'^ iiid-ld^TitV ol ( apt u n ^ tS fF ftn
- f l i e i d e a t i c s J ^ u f t sordid lof a'verj „i, d t„ ' s f i n him v he^%!ySjted'Sontlr
Australia.
W b d a flp p g Jt-u tte rs a i d W 'h a c ^ j c j d a p w h i c h ■ hmgod. u ^ M w B a i ! ^ dirc.ml.mr tone.mjon
ï.a(igbfe>g,é4 tbsrbrpncbcs*.
' M r f f f f lp i r em a rk s ,^ r a ^ S e s te rn in i,lr ill i, i « ( p u f im iiM O r u d m r s, lson, if is always to beraet
j y § ^ ® Sff“11 jatniliestaf farfjjPiieTo tweln^n nump ^ 'h erinij .mK» da hud^Sllmvcrs andttoney gaflfered
from the white-g nm -tr^y ‘■\JJI|I|‘ itul?bv n , ioim, i P ^ i d j iü ih F extreme, ^ ffib fe re n c e to
f P S synonyms g iv e d ^W a& w u I bé seen tin t p g jlau Mr. ' i g . j ^ t ? y k irÖ u l iIk^ hUl i, a dialin, t
species from the m a j ^ i B o w Q g g s ' a r e L e a r ’s “ l ^ ï f a ^ g f of tbe Psittacidm,”
on reference to which ana*™®? a c b S ^ ^ ^ l ’late.'iiW II i s u . i u l i tr l v dijfiff’vj.ry considerably in
colour, tbe^rieb-i^quil-yeUowbi the malc'etting plan toMull ytllo.vi-h'_grJ5ïiïitHbO^^.Mte sex, whence
doubtless arose. Mr.. Vigors’s error. ~
The male has the .head; i n k ' huuldFi - ffi&r p idHc?? u-l ir hi, nodal luijinl yillo» ? upper"
part o f the back and^gjipularies^olive sarojSMeji anff té&eejLblne; several »ofiRhe greater wing-coverts
dull scarlet, forming a conspicuous mark on the epntre o f ’tkoiving; iridés bright red: bill scarlet • feet
ash-grey. ,.iï
The female has the head, sides of the face, back of the neck, upper p a tt^ ^M ie back and scapulars dull
olive.green; throat", all l;]te‘U a d e r s ^ fö ^W m ^ S p ^ y (n g r ^ ^ f g ^ 'e'ffüw[8h- green,'the latter passing into
deep green qS,jjjpfoentre o f t^ ^ J p n ld p r; primarn . -^ P r o f . thc secondaries^ and the spurious wing deep
blue-black, margined externally with yellowish green; fbe- rftTrnynden' of the secondaries and a few of the
greater cqvetlie deep re d ; twd < liiireyadrfoa'hors di at tin base, passing into
black on the-itiner webs; the five lateral feathers margined on their inner webs and tipped with
rosy red, which is broadest and mold; conspicuous on the two outer feathers: lull scarlet; feet ash-grey.
Thé Plate represents the two sexes of the nature! size.