Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

Yellow-mantled P.—
<i>P. splendidus</i>, Gould.

Yellow-vented P.—
<i>Psephotus xanthorrhous</i>, Gould.

See also <i>Grass-Parrakeet</i>, <i>Musk-Parrakeet</i>, <i>Rosella</i>, and <i>Rosehill</i>. The New Zealand Green Parrakeet (called also <i>Kakariki</i>, q.v.) has the following species—

Antipodes Island P.-
<i>Platycercus unicolor</i>, Vig.

Orange-fronted P.—
<i>P. alpinus</i>, Buller.

Red-fronted P.—
<i>P. novae-zelandiae</i>, Sparrm.

Rowley's Parrakeet—
<i>Platycercus rowleyi</i>, Buller.

Yellow-fronted P.—
<i>P. auriceps</i>, Kuhl.

1847. L. Leichhardt, `Journal,' p. 80:

"The cockatoo-parrakeet of the Gwyder River (<i>Nymphicus
Novae-Hollandiae</i>, Gould)."