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42. Cyclopsitta diophthalmus coccineifrons Sharpe. 

 Salvador! nnited the two former. Reicheuow (./. / 0. 1897, p. 208) saj's that 

 his coccineifrons (1 J and 2 ? ?) have the yellow crown-hand wider and purer, the 

 green of the npperside lighter, the red on the cheeks and forehead of a different 

 shade. A. B. Meyer {J. f. 0. 1892, p. 256, and Abh. Ber. Dresden Mus. 1893) 

 quotes similar differences. We have only one male from Simbang (Nyman coll.) and 

 three h&dj'emales from Koustautinhafen (Kubary coll.). These seem to show that 

 the red colour of the head is not different from that of C.diophtliahnus diophthalmus, 

 and that the red colour on the forehead is not less extended, but that the green is 

 apparently more yellowish, especially on the breast. The red on the head is perhaps 

 a faint shade deeper. A female from the Amberuoh River seems to agree with 

 those from Konstautinhafen. C. d. coccineij'rons cannot yet be regarded as a 

 well-established form. 



43. Cyclopsitta diophthalmus aruensis (Schleg.). 



This is clearly only to be considered as a subspecies of diophthalmus. The 

 males of the two forms are very much alike. The red colour of the head of aruensis 

 is not always lighter, but of a somewhat more scarlet tinge, the yellow line behind 

 the red on the crown is ill-defined, the blue line under the cheeks reaches the chin, 

 while it is separated from the latter by a few green feathers in the typical 

 diophthalmus. The spot before the eye is smaller and less bluish. 



The female of aruensis dift'ers very much from that of typical diophthalmus. 

 The forehead is pale blue instead of red, but there are sometimes red bases to 

 the feathers of the forehead ; the buff area on the sides of head is less extended 

 and less orange ; the red line under the eye is absent in onr two specimens. 



This form is found on the Aru Islands, along the Fly River and parts of the 

 adjacent country, which is shown by our jjossessiug a tn.ale from the Brown River, 

 collected by Emil Weiske. It is, however, possible that a greater material may 

 necessitate the separating of the Aru individuals from those of New Guinea. 

 Our one 7nale from the Fly River (D'Albertis' coll.) and the one from the Brown 

 are evidently identical, and seem to exhibit a darker red colour on the head, and 

 a more distinct yellow line on the sinciput. We have nine before us. 



44. Cyclopsitta melanogenia melanogenia (Schleg.). 



We know this bird only from the Aru Islands, whence Heiurich Kiihn and 

 Captain Webster sent us four 7nales and three females. According to Count 

 Salvadori it occurs also along the Fly River, but we have no specimens from 

 there, and cannot therefore compare them with birds from the typical locality. 



This and the following form have wide yellow borders to the inner webs 

 of the secondaries. 



45. Cyclopsitta melanogenia suavissima Scl. 



Differs in both sexes from C. m. melanogenia in having the forehead dark blue 

 instead of dull black. 



Hab : South-Eastern New Guinea. We have the following specimens :— 

 3 (?(J, Brown River (Weiske) ; 1 cJ, Mount Gayata, Richardson Range, 2-4000 

 feet (Weiske); 1 cj, Oriori district (Anthony); I ?, Eafa district, 50OO feet 

 (collector unknown); 1 ?, Sogere, 2000 feet, 16.12.1885 (H. 0. Forbes); 1 ?, 

 Popo Inlet (Anthony) ; 1 cJ and 4 ? ? without exact localities (Goldie). 



