PLATYCfERCUS PALLICEPS, Vis .
Pale-headed Parrakeet.
Platyceraisp afftg e^ ,-;^ .^E e a r’% 111« I’-iiil* |)l*Ujfii»§
Mm eton M 0PoseihdQ:C a\aSsli of K^gSmififinralai
T his elegant'species' aftPlatycercus, which, 8 1 the, present tuqc, has been moi;e frequently seen alive in
i a-.« m coast of Australia,
a n d ® p e r a b l ^ ^ ^ ^ u s arIVIorgtqn B a y ^ e ig -a ll th^^cimeris'-X hOTe'seeuTwere'procured. It is known
o f Mor(it()nfl|^^^ .c^-hill. ao ampliation lj^tojved on it frqm^its near alliance to the
Platycerais ewtmirn! T l ^ ^ c i f i c naine of p a lh c e p ^ h s ^m applied t j ttjis species fm n jj^ e light colouring
Efttli»jfiradt which amounts, i^spjnfeSBecim.ens. '^ a t o SbsenBe. of c o j ^ f t h i s however, jfjhink, may M;
^LUriljiitfM^tlii' I III I fs o f.e x ^ u y p 'to }J5g? sin q e ;'^ e c en fe n a c«M < ;feM i& e is always p delicate.tinge
^qRydlm*pervading the ctu\yu; the delicatc-biiH^ i ith c cheeks"also appears to he affected by t]ic same cause,
though not to so gre^tan extent.
If bears confinement remarkably, well, §nd is%eryv dpcile and ^ ^ ^ h ||iw h ic h , added to its very elegant
plumage, renders it $ 'general favpja |^^; ^
- “ Qrqwn^ollthe head and cheeky either, wholly white or pale gamboge-yellow; in some specimens also there
is a scarlet crossing the forehead, a pM ^ e ^w e r part of tlie cheeks 'is' deep blue; feathers of
the nape, back and scapularies black, broadly margi^d^i^^pgamhgg^ydloWfjj' rumps. in some instances
greenish blue,’ m others this part is s ^Q n g |^ ^ g e ^ |g t^ g a ^ bQ ^ -y e |low ^ primaries and secondaries
blackish b^o^pi*, with the base of their external webs dpep. blue,; greater and lesSecx wing-coverts, and the
shoulders, h o t ^ ^ v e . and below, fpm itifd rh liie: that p a r ^ ^ & ; ^ n g nearest the body black ;) all the
under surface ve^diter-bjue?; ^ ^ t ^ e exception of thg? lujd^taii-cpverts, which are scarlet?;, two middle
tail-feathers greenish blue; the'hasakhalf^of the remainder being blackish-brown on their.internal webs,
f^ ^ d e e p blue on their tmler webs, and the terminal hajlf~ delicate. gajehlue, passing into white a t the tip ;
bill horn-colour; irides hla^ckish brown; feet dark mealy brown.",. ,
The sexes differ in no respect.in outward appearance, w it|f|j|§ exception of a slight superiprity ofsize iip
the male.
The Plate represents, a male and a female of the natural size/ .. ^