Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 3 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

Pl. 112.

LEPTOLOPHUS auricomis.
Golden-eared Parrakeet.

LEPTOLOPHUS auricomis,

Golden-eared Parrakeet.

Sub-family Psittacinæ. Genus Platycercus. Sub-genus Leptolophus. (The Rasorial type.)

Sub-Generic Character.

Bill distinctly toothed, culmen slightly carinated; nostrils thick, tumid, naked; head crested; wings very long, outer web of the quills not sinuated; tail very broad, cuneated, the two middle tail feathers conspicuously longest and pointed.

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