5. vixj. 



43 



or red ; iris orange. Total length 7 5 inches, wing 5, tail 2 5, bill 

 0"G5, tarsus 0-55. 



Young. Has the green and the red feathers of the hind neck 

 much shorter ; the occiput is tinged with green ; the red feathers 

 of the lower breast are edged more or less with dark purple ; there 

 are no yellow-orange spots on the two middle tail-feathers, and the 

 lateral ones have the red marks at the base of the inner web much 

 smaller than in the adult birds. 



Hub. Fiji Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. <$ r.d. sk. 



c. d, e. Ad. sk. 

 /, g. S ad. sk. 

 h. $ ad. sk. 



i. J imm. sk. 

 k. 2 j llv - sk. 

 I, m. c? $ ad. sk. 

 n. <$ ad. sk. 

 o. Ad. sk. 

 p. $ ad. sk. 

 q, r. 2 ad. sk. 

 s,t. S 2 a d. sk. 

 u. 2 Jut. sk. 

 v. 2 J uv. sk. 



["Moluccas.] 



Fiji. 



Fiji. 



Ovalau (E. L. Layard). 



Ovalau (E. L. Layard). 



Ovalau (E. L. Layard). 



Ovalau (E. L. Layard). 



Wakaia (E. L. Layard). 



Levuka (E. L. Layard). 



Taviuui. 



Matuka. 



Matuka. 



Kandavu. 



Viti-levu (H.M.S. 'Herald '). 



Ovalau, July (E. L. Layard). 



Laugier Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Sir A.B.Gordon [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. 

 ' Challenger' Exped. 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. 

 The Admiralty [P.]. 

 Purchased. 



5. VINI. 



Vini, Less. Illustr. de Zool. pi. xxviii. (1831) 



Brotogeris, Rchnb.(nec Viy.) Syst.Av. t. lxxxii. (1850). 



Range. Samoa, Friendly, and Fanning Islands. 



Type. 

 V. kuhli. 



Key to the S2)ecics. 



a. Forehead green, vertex and occiput bright blue .... ausfral/s, p. 43. 

 b. Forehead and vertex green, occiput dark blue .... kuhli, p. 45. 



1. Vini australis. 



Blue-crested rarrakeet, Lath. Syn. i. 1, p. 254, n. 58 (1781) ; id. Gen. 



Hist. ii. p. 190 (1822). 

 Psiltacus australis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 329, n. 90 (1788) (ex Latham) ; 



Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 80 (1811). 

 Psittacus frinirillaceus, Gm. 6'. X. i. p. 337, n. 107 (1788) (ex Maerter, 



Phys. Arb. der eintr. Er. zu Wien, i. 2, p. 47, Taf. i. f. 1, 1784, 



Siidsee) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 112, n. 92 (1700) ; Bechst. Kurze 



Ueb. p. 81, pi. 6. f. 2 (1811) ; Vieill. N. D. xxv. p. 379 (1817) ; 



Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. Hi) (1820): Vieill. Enc. Meth. hi. p. 1409 



(1823); J'oiyf, Cuv. L'ebers. p. 748 (1831). 

 Fsittacus porphyreocephalus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. i. (1789). 

 Psittacus pipilans, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 105, n. 69(1790); Shaw, 



Gen. Zool, % ii. 2, p. 472, pi. 69 (1811) ; Vieill. N. I), xxv. p. 375 



(1817). 



