( 194 ) 



49. Lorins hypoenochrous devittatus Hart. 

 Cf. Nov. Zonl. 1901. p. 66. 



2 (JcJ, 1 ? ad.; Kuraiisi River, May 1907. (Xos. 2939, 2940, 3055.) 

 " Iris 3-ellowish red, feet black, bill bright yellowish red." 



50. Lorins lory erythrothorax Salvad. 

 Cf. Nov. Zoiil. I'JOl. p. 66. 



2 (?c?, 1 ?; Kumusi River, June 1907. (Nos. 3088, 3094, 3095.) 

 " Iris dull red, feet black, bill deep yellowish red."' 



51. Trichoglos3us haematodus massena Bp. 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1001. p. 70. 



1 c? in moult; Knmnsi River, May 19, 19o7. (No. 2970.) 

 " Iris red, feet slate, bill red." 



52. Cyclopsitta cervicalis Salvad. & D'Alb. 



Cf. Nui\ Zool. 1901. p. 7.3. 



& SS\ Kumusi River, .June, August 1907. (Nos. 3259, 3267—3269, 3416, 

 3417.) 



" Iris dark red, feet ashy blue, bill black." 



53. Cyclopsitta diophthalmus diophthalmus (Hombr. & Jacq.). 



Cf. Nov. Zool. 1901. p. 73. 



1 ?; Kumusi River, June 27, 19ii7. (No. 3265.) 



54. Cyclopsitta nigrifrons amabilis Reichenow. 



Cyclopsittatus amabilis Reichenow, Jouni.fiir Oniitli. p. 427. 1891 ; BericlU. vii. p. 6. 

 Cydopnitlacus nuicllwraithi Rothsch., Hull. B.O.C. vii. p. xxi (l.*<97). 

 Cf. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 75 (1901). 



4 cJc?, 4 ? ? ad.; Kumusi River, May, June 1907. (Nos. 2977, 2978, 3125, 

 3144, 3145, 31.52, 3220, 3221.) 



After comparing the fine series now on hand, there can be no longer any 

 doubt that macilirraitlii is not sei)arable from amabili.i. When it was first described, 

 we did not know that this plumage (pale lemon-yellow breast and cheeks) repre- 

 sented the other se.x of the birds with orange breasts and bluish slate patch on 

 the cheeks, called amnhilis ; but when writing in Nor. Zool. 1901, j). 75, we re- 

 cognised the fact, thongh we still thought that macilwvaithi was separable by a 

 shorter wing — which, however, is certainly not the case. We accepted Prof. 

 Reichenow's theory, that the lemon-breasted birds were the females of the orange- 

 breasted ones. The series now, however, tells us just the opposite ; all the former 

 being sexed as males, and all the latter as females. Even a single specimen 

 collected hy Dr. Nyman with an orange breast, etc., is distinctly marked "female." 

 It is hardly possible to believe that there is an error in all this series, and it 

 must therefore be suggested that the lemon-breasted birds are the males of the 

 orange-breasted ones. That they caimot be another species appears to be equally 



