APROSMICTUS SCAPULATUS.
King1 Lory.
Pciftacmscapulalm, B e e b t 'V K S ÿ v . p V iE s f l ^ e n /Z o o l ., voLyiii, p. 40* rit ss
Psittacus Tabuensis, vj,pS|g].’uj,- Tp,l
.L£§ranie Perruche A,collier et croupum bleu, Le Peq fp ls 55 and 56
Taburn P a r r o t , W'fem a le .-F h â f Bot. Bey, p lfk p. 163 -L a th . Gen
S ;» gyM ^pÆ ad llîKPggeBHB
Platycercm scapulatus. 1 V M Ü l ^ M É Î . ^ l i l » n i l t L ;
■ B J K IP H-* <*'J 1 . i jE M t jjjS ( ,,r I - j f t l \ ljl: / (,[ ’ VoL’ 11V I 122
PcUtacue y « »H , » S ^ W e E à ^ ^ B d V Nat^WTSmi p< s M l ï d . Gal. des Ois Snpp
ajiclr female.
Scarlet and Green Parrot, Lath, p. lÿeJ
Platycercm scapularu " v w ^ 'd m j 'li r 2i d--u^ i l ' >i —I, „■.'Vutt"dOm^piO“
Aprosmictus scapulatus, GouM;ijiProc.i®:ôpiï;Jbcv August 9^ 1842.
^eWa^ Aborigines "W|les.
T his very'shbwyand n c ^ p 's ^ j j ; |. appears’ th-he extremely local ui its habitat; .if I remember rightly, I
-have TOt.sr.-u£ ? f g & j othenportioiLof Australia thtttNew’s ^ W a l e s , in which country f t appears to
■hi almost, ' | l i , mv.Iv i onfined to 7 p u t * l uly such agjjre low and humid, and where the large
Casuarinte grovy. in ^ g r e a t e s t profusion. i jF i t i ^ f e ^ e ^ s t r ^ c h ^ a l o p g the southern and eastern coast
^appear to be- equally fay§m§d with. itg. finds a pleotifiil suppl|^>f food, consisting of
seeds, fruits and berries. At-the the huh in^torju ip l.tiuimuguiit. it U a. es‘ its umbrageous
abode and sallies forftv'ig^^flocks, which pommil gr. n dev isUO.m mirh(^rjpi um^ g; fin li i rirlu r a dull
“ d ra p Jj^B p ec ies compared with the members^of the re stric tg^pnüs' Platycercm; it flies much more
to conjfinqpent, it ;8
•loss oqgsfytamed a n d j f t t ^ k s s confidipg'an^ fegjüiaf ;f®e^great beautjgof thej|md|, however, somewhat
^compensates for this unpleasant trait, and consequently it i. jughlvjnri/. .1 as* a cage-bird, 3
I was neyêr so fortunate as to find the nest of this. ’‘P r f ^ r a r t j q S u n ^ I gathet any information
of the bird’s economy; and I am inclined to look with jsiwm®op^th,e)TCCount given by
Mr* C’aleyraj.recorded in the Linnean idniisactipiis, which iorinv opinion must have reference to the eggs
•qf some other bird.
When fully adult ïffiéTs'gtqs* differ v e p ^?j|£fersfiy3£ the «IOuring of the plumage, a s S l be seen by the
followingdeseriptions..
The male has the head, neck and all the under surface scarlet; back and wings green, the inner webs
o f the primaries' arid secondaries beipg, black: along the scapularies a broad'rime of pale verdigris-green;
a line hounding the.scariet at the back of the neck, the rump and upper taihcoverts rich dccji blue ; tail
black; pupil large and black; irides narrow and yell, w :d hi 11 snaylet; legs mealy bti>wni^®|
The female has the head and all the upper surface grecsjj'tbjg&I and chest' gre.ematibged with red;
abdomen §nd under tail-coverts scarlet; rump dull blue; two centre tail-feathers green ; the: remainder
green, nass.m» jntQsftlmsfrh hlek: and with a rose-coloured spot at the extremity on the under surface.
The young male for the. href .two years resembles the female,' which is doubtless the cause why so few
birds are seen in the bright red dress, compared with those having a green head and chest..
The Plate represents the two sexes of the natural size.