( 51" ) 



couspicnons blue edges to the feathers of the iiiuler jiiirts and the reddish under tail- 

 ooverts are mcutioued as diaracters of the yonu.L;. I ili.rcfore add a description of 

 old and younfT of Kox horneu. 



(S ad. Bed. Wide tips to primaries and outir w.bs U< Krst primaries black, 

 more or less tinged with green. Secondaries with narrow black tijts. Innermost 

 secondaries mostly black, with a blue tinge. One series of huge ujiper wiug-coverts 

 mostly bine-black, forming a bar across the wing. A blue patch, not more than 

 a cm. in length, on the scapulars. Hectrices tinged with purplish bronze, sometimes 

 with a yellowish greenish tinge. Feathers on sides of vent and under tail-coverts 

 l)ale blue, more or less red on the bases. "Iris bright brown; feet blackish; bill 

 yellowish vermilion." 



? ud. Perfectly similar to the male. 



Kei Island birds measure : wing 165—175 mm., tail 125—130, bill (along the 

 side) about 23 mm. 



Jin: The feathers of tiie body, which iu the adult bird are red with the utmost 

 base only whitish, are red for about half their length, the basal half being brownish 

 grey. Scapulars blue for about 5—0 cm. Large postocular patch blue. Thighs 

 and feathers on middle abdomen tipped with blue. Under tail-coverts red, tinged 

 more or less with bluish i)urple. Otherwise like the adult m"/e. 



Sufficient material is not available to decide whether all islands inhabited by 

 Eos bornea have exactly the same forms, or whether there might be some slight 

 local differences. Birds from the Kei Islands seem to be generally larger. 



2. Cyclopsittacus macilwraithi Rothsch. 



This remarkable little Parrot has been described in the Bull. B. O C/iib 

 No. XLIX. p. 21, as follows:— ' 



Forehead to middle of crown and line round eyes black, slightly washed 

 with blue. Kest of head, neck, tail, and upi)er surface, including upper wing- 

 coverts, dark grass-green. Primaries and outer secondaries black, with bright blue 

 outer webs; innermost secondaries green, with the inner webs black, bordeied with 

 buff'. Sides of head and neck and entire breast buff', strongly washed with yellow. 

 Abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts apple-green. Under win"--coverts 

 apple-green, bright blue along the outer edge. Total length 125 mm., wing 86, 

 tail 37, cnlmen 1(5, tarsus 10. Iris brown; bill deeji brown. 



This bird is named in compliment to Mr. McIlwraith,of the firm of Mcllwraith, 

 McEacharn & Co. 



3. Oreopsittacus grandis Grant. 



Of this very distinct species 1 have received four specimens, three ma/es and a 

 female. 



I am sorry to see that this form, described already in IsOo, has been redescribed 

 as 0. dridigasfer (nomeu hybridum 1; by Mr. De Vis in the Appendi.x AA to the 

 Official Report on New Guinea, pnbUshed in 1898. 



4. Neopsittacus puUicauda Hart. 



Smcethis form was described (in March 1890) we have received four additional 

 specimens, which all agree perfectly with the type. 



Here again Mr. De Vis has created an unnecessary synonym in describing this 

 species again under the name of A', mridkeps. 



