86. PLATYCERCUS BARNARDII, VIG. AND HORSF. Barnard's Parroquet.
This fine bird is found in the Murray Belt as well as in other
localities, and is thence termed the parrot of the Murray Belt. It is one
of the most beautiful of the parrot tribe, has a generally blue-green
plumage on the back and neck, with a yellow crescent on the breast, and a
purple below. This family are all distinguished by having long tails.
87. PLATYCERCUS ADELAIDIAE, GOULD.--The Adelaide Parroquet.
This fine and beautiful bird is common in South Australia, where it
usurps the place of the Lory (Platycercus penantii) in New South Wales,
and does equal mischief to the stack-yard. Its general plumage is yellow,
but it has a dull red head, and blue cheeks. Its wings and tail, which is
very long, are also blue, the longer feathers being almost black. Its
back is marked with black scollops, and in size exceeds many of the
Platycerei.
88. PSEPHOTUS HAEMATOGASTER, GOULD.--The Crimsonbellied Parroquet.
This Parroquet is a bird of the interior, and was spread over the whole
of it in greater or less numbers. Always numerous where box-trees were
growing in the vicinity of water. The Psephotus haematogaster is
essentially a bird of the central parts of Australia, or else its range
is confined between the 24th and 30th parallels of latitude. It is not a
bird of bright plumage; it is distinguished by a bright crimson belly.
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