12 



to a 



J8. 



b'. Tail-feathers gradually taperin 



point, more or less acute. 



c". Predominant colour underneath as 



well as above green. 



e"\ Tail-feathers green, with no yellow 



or red colour at the tip ; tail'mode- 



rate; the two middle tail-feathers 



not very long ; 4 or 5 first primaries 



not distinctly attenuated towards 



the tips. 



a. .Shaft-streaks more or less blue 



on the forehead (as on the rest 



of the head) ; breast generally 



tinged with red 7 



Like Trichoglosms, only differing 

 in colour ; no blue shaft-streaks 

 on the forehead, and no red 

 colour on the breast; head yel- 

 lowish or bluish green; bill 



orange-red 8, 



y. Predominant colour green, with 

 shaft-streaks on the neck and 



_body ; bill orange-red 



6\ First primary equal or a little lon- 

 ger than the second and the 

 third ; predominantcolour green; 

 bill black; dimensions rather 



small 



f". Tail-feathers green, with the tips 



yellow or red 11. 



d". Predominant colour on the head, 

 neck, and lower parts red. 

 (/'". The two middle tail-feathers not 

 much longer than the lateral 

 ones ; the primaries not abruptlv 

 attenuated towards the tips .... 

 h'". The two middle tail-feathers gene- 

 rally much longer than the lateral 

 opes, and very narrow towards the 

 tip ; the primaries, especially the 

 first 4 or 5, abruptly attenuated 



towards the tips ..." 



II. Tail-feathers 14; point of the maxilla very 

 long and thin ; bill black 14. 



1<) 



LP- 40 - 



I KICHOGLOSSUS, 



[p. 03. 



.TSITTEUTELES, 



[p. 66. 



12. 



L3. 



Ptilosclera 



[p. 67. 

 Glossopsittacus, 

 [p. 72. 



HyPOCHARMOSYNA, 



[p. 79. 

 Charmosynopsis, 



[p. 81. 



ClIARMOsYXA, 



[p. 84. 



(JREOPSITTACUS, 



1. CHALCOPSITTACUS. 



/lype. 



Chalcopsitta, Bp. Co?isp. Gen. Av. i. p. 3 (1849) C. ater 



Chalcopsitiacus, Sttlvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 15 



(1876) (nomen emend.). 



Mange. Papuan Islands. 



Key to the Species. 

 I. No green colour whatever. 

 ft. Black, more or less purple. 



«'. Abdomen like the breast black. 



