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The narrow light orreecisli blue (•iili,-ir on the nape reaohins: ronnd the red face, 

 hut becoming less distinct on the fore-neck, distinguishes lya/iicollis. The inter- 

 scajinlinin is more or less strongly washed with golden brown, or with au olive tinge, 

 the sides of the chest slightl_v so. The lilac-bine feathers of the crown are distinctly 

 light green towards the bases. The feathers of the rnmp have often reddish brown 

 edges, and sometimes the whole nimp deep brown-red. 



This form inhabits Batjan, Halmahera, and Morty ; 21 specimens before us. 



84. Geofiroyus cyanicollis obiensis Finsch. 



The Obi firm of the collared Geq/f'roi/its has hitherto not received proj)er 

 attention. Finsch and Salvadori separated it ou account of the constant presence 

 of a large brown-red patch on the rump, and Salvadori went so far as to include 

 Batjan in the area of distribution of obiensis. We have seen that cyanicollis, in 

 Halmahera as well as in Batjan, has sometimes the same brown-red rumj) which 

 seems to be a constant character of obiensis, but there are other dift'erences between 

 the birds from Batjan, Halmahera, and Morty, and those from the Obi group of 

 islands. In tlie latter the light nape-band is in both sexes wider than in the 

 birds from Halmahera, Batjan, and Morty, the greenish blue colour of the nape-band 

 extending nearly or quite up to the hiudmargin of the eye, while in tyjiical cyani- 

 collis it is widely separated from the eye. The lilac-blue crown of the male of 

 obiensis, as well as the brownish blue one of t\i& female, never extends on to the 

 occiput, while in typical ci/aniro/lis it occurs in the occiput and reaches the nape. 



This form inhabits the Obi grouj> of islands, whence we have received 9 

 specimens. 



85. Geofiroyus simplex (Meyer). 



This is a somewhat rare species, which is not yet represented in the Tring 

 Museum, although it inhabits the Berau Peninsula and parts of British New Guinea. 



The head of both sexes is green, and the male has a bluish collar, which is 

 absent in the /emale. Tiie rump is said to be blackish. 



86. Geoffroyus heteroclitus (Hombr. & Jacq.). 



This species stands much further apart from the rest of the genus than any 

 other in the male sex. Tlie male has a yellow head and a French-grey collar. 



It inhabits the Solomon Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, and New Hanover. 

 We have 13 specimens. 



87. Tanygnathus megalorhynchus (Bodd.). 



This Parrot is evidently very rare on the coast of the Berau Peninsula, 

 (ijiposite to Salwatty. We have uo antlieutic specimen from New Guinea, but one 

 Irom Waigiu (Gnillemard), one from Batanta (ex Laglaize ?), and two from Mysol 

 (H. Kiihn). S])ecimens from the Western Papuan Islands have apparently the wing 

 slightly lunger and tlie under wing-coverts brighter and purer yellow than those 

 from Flores, wiiich point somewhat to T. w. sumbrnsis. The specimens from the 

 L'elebensiau subregion agree with those from the Moluccas and Western I'apuuii 

 Islands. 



