Young males closely resemble the females, but differ in having the under surface of a more greenish yellow hue, and the crescent-shaped markings more numerous; irides dark blue; feet olive-brown; bill blackish olive.
The Plate represents the bower, an old male, female, and two young males; one in the green dress and the other in a state of change, all about a fifth less than the natural size.
PTILONORHYNCHUS SMITHII: Vig. & Horsf.
J. Gould and H. C. Richter del et lith. Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
PTILONORHYNCHUS SMITHII, Vig. & Horsf.
Cat Bird.
Varied Roller, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iii. p. 86.
Ptilonorhynchus Smithii, Lath. MSS. Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 264.
—— viridis, Wagl. Syst. Av., sp. 3.
Kitta virescens, Temm. Pl. Col., 396.
Cat Bird of the Colonists of New South Wales.