1. CHALCOPSITTACtJS. 13 



a". Quills with no red on the inner web. 



a". Tibiae black ater, p. 13. 



U" . Tibias dark red bemsteini, p. 14. 



b". Quills with the base of the inner web red. insignis, p. 15. 



b' . Abdomen red stavorini, p. 15. 



b. Olive-brown ; forehead, a band from the lores 

 encircling the throat, tibiae, and under wing- 

 coverts orange-yellow dui/venbodei, p. 16. 



. Green, with green and yellow streaks along the 

 shaft of the feathers ; forehead (in the adult 

 bird) and tibiae red. 

 c'. Under wing-coverts and axillaries red ; 

 feathers of the hind neck with the shaft- 

 streaks mostly orange-yellow scintillatus, p. 16. 



d'. Under wing-coverts and axillaries mostly 

 green and red, sometimes entirely green ; 

 feathers of the hind neck with the shaft- 

 streaks mostly green ehloropterus, p. 17. 



1. Chalcopsittacus ater. 



Le Lori noir de la Nouvelle Guinee, Sonner. Voy. a la Nouv. Guiu. 



p. 175, pi. 110 (1776). 

 Black Lory, Lath. 8yn. i. p. 221, n. 23 (1781) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



P. 139 (1822). 

 Psittacus ater, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 87, n. 29(1786) 



(ex Sonner at). 

 Psittacus novae guineas, Om. S. iV. i. p 319, n. 63 (1788) (ex Son- 



nerat); Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 91, n. 27 (1790); Shaw, Gen. Zool. 



viii. 2, p. 451 (1811) ; Bechst. Kurze Uebers. p. 71 (1811) ; Vieiil. 



N. D. xxv. p. 335 (1817) ; Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 42 (1820) ; Vieiil. 



Enc. Meth, p. 1379, pi. 222. f. 3 (1823); Desm. Diet, Sc. Nat. 



xxxix. p. 61 (1826) : Voigt, Cur. Uebers. p. 335 (1831) ; S. Mull. 



Verh. Land- en Volkenk. p. 107 (1S39-1844). 

 LeLori noir, Levaill. Pen: pi. 49; Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. 2nded. 



p. 605 (1838). 

 Lorius novae guineas, Steph. Gen, Zool. xiv. p. 132 (1826). 

 Platycercus novae guineas, Wagl. Mori. Psitt. p. 534 (1832). 

 Platycercus ater, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 40s, n. 23 1 1846). 

 Chalcopsitta novae guineas, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 3 (1849) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1850, p. 26 ; id. Rev. et Maq. de Zool. 1854, p. 156, sp. 290 : id. 



Naumannia, 1856, Consp. P*itt. sp. 304 ; G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 194: id. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 436; Rosenh. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, 



pp. 63, 67; id. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 142 (1863). 

 Chalcopsitta atra, Sclat. Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 165, sp. 110 



(1858) ; id. P. Z. S. 1800, p. 227 ; G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 436; 



Rosenh. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 224. sp. 9 (1863) ; id. 



Journ. f. Orn. '1864, p. 113, sp. 9; Wall. P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 289, 



294 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 153, sp. 8191 (1870) ; Salvad. 



Ann. Mm. Civ. ('en. vii. p. 760 (1875) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 73 



(1889). 

 Eos ater, G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mas. p. 53 (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1860, p. 357. 

 Eos atra, G. R. Gr. Cat. B. New Gain. pp. 40, 59 (1859) ; Wall. 



Pus, L861, p. 291 ; Schleff. Dierent. p. in 1 1864). 

 Lorius ater, Schley. Mas. P.-Ii. , Psittaci, p. 12!» ( 1864) ; Finsch, Neu- 



