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little Mexican Conure, which so nearly resembles Myioj)sitta tigrina 

 of Souance, Bolborhynchus cntharina (Compt. Rend. March 1857). 

 But there is no doubt that the Mexican bird (whether really distinct 

 from the Venezuelan tigrina or not) should bear the name lineola of 

 Cassin. Mr. Cassin's type, which is in the Philadelphian Academy's 

 Museum, was obtained by Mr. Pease, near Puente Na9ional, in the 

 State of Vera Ouz, and there is no ground for supposing error in 

 the locality. I have seen the same bird in the collection of Dr. 

 Cabot of Boston. It was obtained by him in Yucatan, in the island 

 of Cosumel in 1842. 



The Parrots belonging to the genus Tanygnathus of the East 

 Indian islands are in much confusion, which a more accurate know- 

 ledge of the localities whence specimens are brought would, I think, 

 soon clear up. The type of the genus, Tanygnathus macrorhynchus 

 (PL Enl. 713), distinguished by its enormous blood-red beak and 

 green head, with the wings varied with black and yellow, is said to 

 be from New Guinea. This is very likely to be the case, but more 

 certain localities are the islands of Gilolo, where examples were pro- 

 cured by Forsten, and Ceram, where Reinwardt found it living, as I 

 learn from the marked specimens in the Leyden Museum. Next to 

 it comes T. marginatus (PL Enl. 2S7,fg. mala) from the Philip- 

 pines. This species has the hind part of the head blue, and the 

 wings varied with yellow and blue. A third bird of this genus is 

 Tanygnathus Mulleri, Bp. Consp. p. 5, et Miill. et Schlegel, Verb. 

 Ned. Ov. Bez., Land en Volk. p. 108. The type-specimen of this 

 bird (which is in the Leyden Museum) was brought by Miiller from 

 the island of Bouton ; but the same species occurs near Macassar, 

 in the adjacent island of Celebes, whence Mr. Wallace has lately 

 transmitted specimens ; and living examples in the Zoological Gar- 

 dens at Rotterdam are said to be from Timor. 



We have now living in the Society's gardens examples of Tany- 

 gnathus macrorhynchus and T. Mulleri. 



In our gardens we have also now living another very interesting 

 bird, namely the large green Lory, described by Prince Bonaparte in 

 a note in our * Proceedings ' in 18.50 (p. 26) as Psittacodis Wester- 

 manniy which may be easily distinguished from its near ally, the 

 Psittacus magnus or sinensis of the older authors (of which we have 

 also a living specimen), by the want of the red patch on the flanks, 

 as well as by the different hue of the deep green colour. Prince 

 Bonaparte has employed for these birds, which, as he well remarks, 

 form the only green genus of true Lories, the term Psittacodis. 

 But the true type o^ Psittacodis (as constituted by Wagler*, its ori- 

 ginator) is the extraordinary Parrot, Psittacus par agua — a distinct 

 form altogether, to which Prince Bonaparte has applied the name 

 Stavorinius. Mr. G. R. Gray, in his last List of Genera (p. 88, 

 genus 1491), applies the term Mascarinus to these Parrots. But 

 Lesson's name Mascarinus cannot, I think, possibly be used other- 

 wise than for the Psittacus mascarinus of Madagascar, which Lesson 

 placed within the genus, although he did not arrange it as the first 

 * Wagler, Mon. Psittacorum, p. 495. 



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