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holds good with the nestlings — females and males, which are red 

 and green respectively. Mr. Masters informs me the adult birds 

 are frequently found feeding on the young cocoanuts (cocos 

 7iucifera). 



Family TRICHOGLOSSTN^. 

 25. — LoRius HTP(EN0CHR0us, G. B. Gray. 

 List Psitt. Brit. Mus., p. 49, (1859). 



LoRius HYPGENOCHROUS, Vav. GuUelmi. 



Bamsay, P. L. S., N. S. W., vol. Ill, p. 73. 



A very fine specimen which I refer to this species has a distinct 

 black band across the mantle and interscapular region, and the 

 centre of the abdomen black, the under tail-coverts blackish violet. 

 Specimens referable to the same species from the Duke of 

 York Islands have no black on the upper surface, and the abdomen 

 of a duller, lighter, and more indistinct tint of reddish violet, just 

 as figured in the plate in the " Voyage of the Cura9oa." 



Log. Katau. 



Family CARPOPHAGID^. 



26. — Chalcopsittacus scintillans, Temm. 



Tp.mm. pi. col. 569 (juv.) 1835 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. 

 X. p. 34. 



Found to be plentiful, but no specimens were obtained of the 

 smaller species so common at Port Moresby, G. chloropterus of 

 Salvadori, and of which I have lately examined a very large number, 

 the young only of C. chloropterus have the under wing-coverts all 

 green, the adults have crimson foreheads like C. rubrifrons {G. R. 

 Gray), and always more or less crimson on under wing-coverts. They 

 are sHghtly smaller than Aru Island examples, which I believe to 

 be G. ruhrifrofis of Gray. The present species, C. scintillans, is 

 altogether distinct from G. chloropterus (Salvadori) being a much 

 larger bird. I regret I have not a larger series of the Aru 

 Island birds to compare them with, but I do not think there can 

 be any doubt of there being two distinct species on the South 

 Coast of New Guinea. 



Loc. Hall Sound, Katau, &c. 



