P L A T Y M p t e r a SPÜMDIDUS, Gouid.
* * % Parrakeet,
Platycercus splendidus, G o u lc£ i^P ro c.^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^Pa rt X H I . p. 105.
T h a t the gradual in v e s tig a tio n of the ? i^ j|r iö i/ c^^tis|rali^. will lead to th,e, d isc o v e ry o f many new an d
9®3ects> is proved’ by t^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Ë ^m is f tio n oj^ct^^^^l^Rpecies here represented, which was
W|ed b y ■ ^ g ^ | ^ d ? d ^ ^ S ^ p ^ o / t h # a r d r of th e ^B |f^ fD ow ^ s ^ fis few South
Wales. In beauty it ppku e x t^ ^ ^ th e ^^^^iJU Tarrakee t, of the finesf species of
.the genusfyet (üseoyéred. It differs from thafeh|rd in having the ^ e n t^ ^ p ili'e breast only of a rich scarlet,
the sides %émg gamboge-yellow; ii^^ g low e r par^ ^ fchfi.abdómènand the dgpef'fa^ ^ ^ ^ lts being verditer
instead of grass-green, and, in the feathers of the back|npng broadly margined wJtjn inch gamboge instead
of greenish yellow.^In; the youthful$tate it very much réseml^ftllfe P . palliceps, however i t
differs in paying ^the head yellow ingt^.^^n pale yellowish white, and-the breast yellow instead of pale
IhH ; the breast also has indications ofijjjfë^rich scarlet of matuniy; of-^wht^^^érace is at any time per-
ceptible in the P . palliceps.
Mead^ sides of the neck and centre nf^the hfeast scarlet; cheeks white, faintly tinged with blue; feathers
of the back and scapularies black, broadly margm^^mth. gamhoge-yellojy ; lower part of the back and
upper faihcoverts pale ‘g re en; on the shouldena patch of blackf|-T^ig^É^ts, pale blue; primaries black
with the exception o f tb e basal portion of thé e^t^nal -weh, whlGl^ |^ e F d e e p ^ ln # ; two central tail-
Yeathers dark green at the base, passing into deepjdue on the apical halfföf the external web and tipped
with black; the next-on èaph sum5is black on-thAinternal w e b /^ le ^ a t the base of the external web, blue
for the remainder of its Jprïgth-and slightly tipped with white; the remainder of thé tail-feathers are deep
blue at the base of the external, and black at the base of the internal web, the portion of both
webs being pale delicate blue, passingl^o^white at the tip ; si (lés of||Hpbreas t and the abdomen bright
gamboge-yellow; vent pale green in some, ip others pale blüish-gréemfwuderltail-coverts Scarlet; irides
dark brown; hill horn-colour; feet mealy brown.
The figures are of:the natural size, one representing the plumage of yopthi thp;other that of maturity.