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88. Aprosmictus cMoropterus Earns. 



Mr. A. S. Meek seat two beantifiil adult mali'^ and two females from Milne 

 Bay, February 1899. He found tlie iris yellow in both sexes, I'eet black ; the adult 

 male has the bill red, with a black tip and black nnder-mandible ; the bill of the 

 female is brown. Mr. Anthony collected two adult and two young males on 

 Mt. Cameron, Owen Stanley Range, at elevations of from 3000 to 5000 ft. ; and 

 Mr. Weiske sent two females from between the Rivers Laroki and Bauspa. Besides 

 these we have one young male and two females collected Ijy H. 0. Forbes, and one 

 female by Goldie, in British New Guinea. 



89. Aprosmictus callopterus D'Alb. & Salvad. 



(? ad. Tana Mera, October isOO. " Iris orange, eyelids black, feet blackish, 

 bill blackish, upper mandible basally red" (W. Doherty coll.). 



<S ad. Takar, November 189G (W. Doherty coll.). 



(S juv. Northern coast of New Guinea, between i;36-3u° and 137° long, from 

 Bruijn, 1879. 



90. Aprosmictus dorsalis (Quoy & Gaim.). 



? Kapanr (W. Doherty, December 1896) and Dorey (W. Doherty, June 1897). 

 "Feet blackish, bill black, with orange rouml the nostrils " (W. D.). 



Besides these we have 1 1 males and 2 females from various localities in the 

 Berau Peninsula. 



91 to 94. Genus PSITTACELLA. 



One of us (Hartert) gave a review of this pretty little genus in the Ihis, 

 January 1897. We have nothing of importance to add to that review. 



Of Psittacella madarani we have both se.xes. The male (Oriori district, Owen 

 Stanley Mountains, about 3000 ft.) agrees with the original description and figure 

 {Zeitschr. ges. Orn. iJ^iSG, pi. 1.), though the latter is not very good. The forehead 

 and crown are olive-brown, the latter with yellow centres to the feathers ; feathers 

 of occiput and hind-neck bright yellow with olive edges. Upperside green, rump 

 only greenish yellow with black bars. Underside green, with an olive tinge on the 

 throat; abdomen with a yellow tinge ; under tail-coverts red. T\\& female {coWnct^A 

 by Weiske, but without label or indication of locality) has the forehead strongly 

 washed with blue, the nape and uj)per jiart of hind-ueck with black and orange bars. 



Some additional specimens of Psittacella brehmi pallida confirm the differences 

 stated to exist between this subspecies and P. brehmi hrekmi by Mr. Hartert in 

 Nov. ZooL. III. pp. 18 and 255, Ihis 1897, pp. 59, 6U. 



Of the beautiful Psittacella jjicta we have now 7 c? ad., 1 c? juv., and 5 ? ad. 

 from Mt. Knutsford (11,000 ft., Anthony coll.), between Mts. Musgrave and 

 Scratchley (oUOO to 6000 ft), and Mt. Victoria (500u to 6000 ft). The young male 

 resembles the old female, but the head is not brownish red, but brown with greeuigh 

 edges to the feathers. 



