The sexes differ in no respect in outward appearance, with the exception of a slight superiority of size in the male.
The Plate represents a male and a female of the natural size.
PLATYCERCUS EXIMIUS.
J. Gould and H.C. Richter del et lith. Hullmandel & Walton Imp.
PLATYCERCUS EXIMIUS, Vig. and Horsf.
Rose-hill Parrakeet.
Psittacus eximius, Shaw, Nat. Misc., pl. 96.—Ib. Zool. of New Holl., t. 1.—Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. in Nov. Act. &c., vol. x. p. 54. No. 87.—Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl., p. xxi.
Perruche omnicolore, Le Vaill., Hist. Nat. des Perr., p. 29. pl. 28.
Nonpareil Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 138. No. 41.—Id. Gen. Syn. Suppl., p. 85.—Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 411. pls. 57, 58.
Platycercus eximius, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 281.—Wagl. Mon. Psitt. in Abhand. &c., p. 530.
Lori-Perruche de la Mer du Sud, Sonn. Edit. de Buff.