Australian Museum Journal Description of a new species of parakeet, of the genus Platycercus, from north-west Australia
- Shortform:
- North, 1893, Rec. Aust. Mus. 2(5): 83–84
- Author(s):
- North, Alfred J.
- Year published:
- 1893
- Title:
- Description of a new species of parakeet, of the genus Platycercus, from north-west Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 2
- Issue:
- 5
- Start page:
- 83
- End page:
- 84
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.2.1893.1200
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 30 September 1893
- Cover date:
- 30 September 1893
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 11 September 2009
- Reference number:
- 1200
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (96kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (305kb PDF)
Abstract
Platycercus occidentalis, sp. n.
Adult female.—Across the forehead a faint indication of a narrow orange-brown band; head and hind neck dull brownishblack, the tips of the feathers above the forehead slightly tinged with green, cheeks light blue passing into bluish-green on the outer and lower sides of the throat; a narrow collar on the lower nape, the lower portion of the breast, and abdomen to the vent, bright lemon-yellow; chest, back, wings, scapulars and their coverts, and the outer sides of the thighs, verditer-green; the median portion of the apical half of the feathers of the chest slightly tinged with yellow; rump, upper, and under tail coverts, light verditer-green, the feathers of the latter having a faint yellowish tinge;