3S2 



sides of the chest greeu ; remainder of under surface of body ochreons 

 buff, browner on the sides. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0-55, 

 wing 2-4, tall 1-6, tarsus 0'6. 



In the collection are several specimens of a curious variety of the 

 present species, in which the upper tail-coverts and tail are golden 

 yellow instead of scarlet, and the pectoral patch is also yellow in- 

 stead of scarlet. Mr. Everett collected a young bird on Marintanan 

 which has yellowish iipper tail-coverts, showing that this yellow 

 variation begins early in life, and is probably always retained. 



Hah. From Southern Tenasserim, down the Malayan Peninsula 

 to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



a-h. S ad. ; i, k. $ 



juv. sk. 

 I, m. Ad. et juv. sk. 

 /(. 5 jii'^- sk. 

 u-i/. (5 ; ~-6'. $ ad. 



sk. 

 c', d'. c? ad. ; e',f. 



(j" 2 juv. sk. 

 ff'-t. Ad. sk. 

 k'. Ad. sk. 



/'. Ad. sk. 

 m. Ad. sk. 

 n'. Juv. sk. 



o', p'. Ad. et juv. sk. 

 f/.d ; r',s'. 2 ad. et 



juv. sk. 

 f, u'. Ad. ; v'. Juv. 



sk. 

 7v', .%'. Ad. ; ?/'. Juv. 



sk. 

 z'. Ad. St. 



Bopyin, Tenasserim, Dec. 



( jr. Davison). 

 Pakcbau, Jan. ( W. D.). 

 Baukasoou, Dec. ( If. D ). 

 MalewooD, Jan. ( IF. D.). 



Hume Coll. 



Iluiue Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume CoU. 



Selang-ore, Nov. {W. D.). Hume Coll. 



Sumatra, Oct. (C. Bock). 

 Java (Kuhl ^- Von Has- 



self). 

 Java {Dr. Horsfeld). 

 Java. 

 W. Java {E. C. Buxton). 



Borneo. 



Sibu, Sarawak, Jul\'. 



La was River {H. Bar- 



hiihje). 

 Island of Marintanan, X. 



Borneo. 

 Java. 



Esq. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



India Museum. 



Forbes Coll. 

 F. Nicholson, 



Gould Coll. 



Alfred Everett, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 H. Veitch, Esq. [P.]. 



A. H. Everett, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Purchased. 



2. Erythrura psittacea. 



Parrot Finch, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 287, pi. 48 (1783). 

 Fringilla psittacea, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 903 (1788) ; Vieill. Ois. 



Chant, p. 56, pi. 32 (180o). 

 Fringilla puleliella, Fvister, Descr. Anim.Tp. 273 (1844). 

 Estrelda psittacea, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 369 (1849) ; id. Cat. B. Trap. 



Isl. p. 27 (1859). 

 Ervtbrura psittacea, Bp. C<>nsp. i. p. 457 (1850) ; E. L. S)- L. C. 



Laynrd, Ibis, 1878, p. 260, 1882, p. 622 ; Tristr. Ibis, 1879, p. 184 ; 



Sd.Ibis, 1881, p. 545. 

 Poepbila paddoni, Macgill. Ann. %■ Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) ii. p. 264 



(1858). 

 Acalantbe psittacea, Beichenb. Stngv. p 32, Taf. xi. fig. 96 (1861). 

 Amadina psittacea, Gj-ay, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 57, no. 6803 (1870). 



Adidt male. Bright grass-green, the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 crimson-scarlet ; tail-feathers blackish, edged with dull crimson ; 

 wing-coverts like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and 



