42 LORIID.E. 



1. Calliptilus solitarius. 



Solitary Parrot, Lath. Syn. Suppl i. p. 65 (1787); id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 190(1822). 

 La Perruche Phigv, Levaill. Pen: pi. G4 (1801). 

 Psittacus solitarius, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. ii. p. xxxii, n. 12 (1802) ; 



Vieill.N.D. xxv. p. 377 (1817) ; Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 101 (1820); 



Vieill. Em. Meth. iii. p. 1408 (1823). 

 Psittacus vaillanti, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 909 (1809). 

 Psittacus coccineus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 472 (1811) ; Vieill. 



N. D. xxv. p. 355 (1812) ; id. JEnc. Mith. iii. p. 1391 (1823) ; Less. 



Voy. Cog. i. p. 029 (1828). 

 Psittacus phigy, Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 81, pi. 9. f. 2 (1811) ; Kuhl, 



Consp. Psitt. p. 09 (1820) ; Voigt, Cuv. Uebers. p. 748 (1831). 

 Brotogeris? pbigv, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. 2, p. 133 (1826). 

 Lorius phigy, Less. Tr. d'Om. p. 193 (1831). 

 Coriphilus solitarius, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 505 (1832) ; G.R. Gr. Gen. 



B. ii. p. 417, n. 4 (1845) ; Hartl. Wtegm. Arch. 1852, p. 132 ; id. 



Journ.f. Orn. 1854, p. 168 ; Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 157, 



n. 313 ; id. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. p. 327 ; Cass. U. St. 



Expl. Exp., Orn. p. 240 (1858) ; G.R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mas. 



p. 51 (1859) ; id. Cat. B. Trap. Is/, p. 32 (1859) ; G. R. Gr. 



P. Z. S. 1860, p. 357; Rchntc. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 175 (Consp. 



Psitt p. Ill) ; id. Voyelbild. text of pi. xxi. f. 5 and pi. xxx. f. 8 



(1878-83) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. pp. 74, 75 (1889). 

 Brotogeris coccineus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 363 (1837). 

 Yini coccineus, Less. Compl. de Buff. ix. p. 207 (1837) ; id. op. cit. 



2nd ed. p. 606, n. 2 (1838). 

 Trichoglossus coccineus, Peale, U. St. Expl. Exp. p. 129 (1848), fide 



Hartl. Wieym. Archie, 1852, p. 106. 

 Lorius solitarius, Schley. Dierent. p. 68 (1864); Finsch $ Hartl. 



Orn. Centr.-Pohjn. p. 23 (1867); Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, 



Revtie, p. 59 (1874) ; Layard, Ibis, 1875, p. 436 ; id. P. Z. S. 1875, 



p 426, 1876, p. 501 ; id. Ibis, 1876, pp. 141, 391 ; Rowley, Orn. 



Misc. ii. pi. xli. (1876) ; Cab. 8f Rchnw. Journ.f. Orn. 1876, p. 324 ; 



Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 274 ; Nehrk. Journ. f. Orn. 1879, p. 394 



Nanodes solitarius, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 116 (1864). 

 Domicella solitaria, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 760 (1868) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1877, p. 729 ; Moseley, Not. Chall. pp. 295, 309 (1879) ; Einsch, 



Voy. Chall., Birds, p. 42 (1881). 

 Phigys solitarius, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 154, n. 8198 (1870). 

 Calfiptilus solitarius, Sund. Meth. nat, av. disp. Tent. p. 71 (1872) ; 



Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 326 (1880). 

 Trichoglossus solitarius, Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 659 (1877). 



Adult. Pileum, lower abdomen, flanks, and tibiae very dark 

 purple-blue ; back and wings green ; the upper feathers of the hind 

 neck very long, light green, like the lower back, the uropygium, the 

 upper and the under tail-coverts ; the lower feathers of the hind 

 neck also very long, but red, like the lores, the cheeks, the throat, 

 and the breast ; under wing-coverts green, the inner ones red ; 

 quills underneath dusky ; tail green, the two central tail-feathers 

 have an orange-yellow spot towards the middle of the inner web, 

 the lateral ones have the base of the inner web orange-red ; apical 

 part of the tail underneath golden green ; bill orange ; feet orange 



