Description of a new species of parakeet, of the genus Platycercus, from north-west Australia
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;
