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The abdomen is geiii'r.illy green, the upper portion with red, the lower ones 

 with yellow bases to tlie feathers ; bnt in some there is a rather distinct blne-blnck 

 line between the red breast and the green abdomen, while a male (No. A. O'Jil) from 

 New Georgia has a large bine-black patch covering the npper part of the abdomen. 

 In the specimens from the Solomon Islands the green nnchal band is generally, 

 but not always, interrnpted in the middle, while in those from New Guinea and the 

 Lonisiades it is more regularly complete and generally more yellowish. There is, 

 however, no constancy in these characters. 



~s. Charmosynopsis placentis pallidior subsp. no v. 



Similis snlispeciei Ch. j>J<n-f,ih^ ^oihjthir. ,i^ dift.-if, soil col. ice supra pailiiliore, macula aurieulari 

 dilutiore di?tingiienda. 



4 <? c^, 2 ? ? , Bougainville, end of April and tirst half of May 1 WW fNos. A. inoo, 

 1714, 1717, 1721, 1757, 175K). 



" Iris, cJ red, ? dull yellowish red ; feet dull red ; bill rose-madder (red)." 



"While the specimens from Bougainville, the only island of the Sidomons 

 whence we know of this bird, agree with those from New Britain, New Ireland, and 

 New Hanover, those from the mountains of Britisli New Guinea are darker green 

 above, and have the auricular jiatch much lighter. We have thus three subspecies : 



1. Cli. j/lricciitiii placeiitiii (Temm.). Original locality Utanata, Dutch New 

 Guinea. With a large blue patch on the uropygium ! 



•-!. Ch. /ilaci'nfix suhplid-ciis (Scl.). Original locality, mountains nearNaiabni in 

 8.E. New Guinea. Without a blue jiatch on the uropygium, colnur of ujiper surface 

 darker green, blue anricidar patch darker blue. 



3. Cli. jdacentis palliilior \io\hich. kW-'AvX. Type: c? ad. Bougainville, 8. v. 

 Km;i4, No. A. 1757, Meek coll. Without a blue patch on the nrojiyginm, colour of 

 ujiper surface paler green, auricular jiatch lighter blue ; wings generally slightly 

 shorter. 



Specimens from German New Guinea, Milne Bay, and Woodlark Island seem 

 to be somewhat intermediate between Hubj/lacrns ta\A paUi(liflr,hni we have only 

 examined a few. 



We see no reason for distinguishing between the genera ('//an/w.'^f/i/njis/s and 

 " IIiiporhftriiw.ttiDar 



2'.i. Charmosyuopsis marg'arethae (Tristr.). 



Cliiirmrixi/iiii iiriiyiii-elliai- Tristram, Ibix 1879, p. 44l', )i1. .\ii. (Ugi and San Cristoval, S.ilonnui 

 Islands). (Cf. Xrw. Z„nl. li>01, pp. 1S7, .37H.) 



1 ? immat., Bougainville, i. v. 10ti4 (No. A. 17n8). 

 " Iris dull red ; feet tan-colour ; bill dull red." 



;!0. Eclectus pectoralis salomonensis liothsch. & Hart. 



Eclerlus pectoralis xnhniimiciiih Rothsch. it H.irt., .Yni'. Znn}, UiOl, p. 82 (various Solomon Islands, 

 type from Fauro). 



1 S, Kendova, February 1904 (No. A. I:i75). 



1 ?, New Georgia, March 1004 (No. A. 1417). 



2 c?tJ, Gizo, October, Novend)er VMVi (Nos. A. (i54, 77n). 



4cJcJ,2 ??, Bougainville, April, May 1904 (Nos. 1515, 15'.i7, lflG(5, 1C.70, 

 1731, 1759). 



