44 LOBIID^). 



Sparrow Parrakeet, Lath. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 93 (1802) ; id. Gen. Hist. 



ii. p. 220 (1822). 

 La Perruche fiingillaire. Levaill. Pert: pi. 71 (1801). 

 Brotogeris fringillaceus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 133 (1826). 

 Lorius fringillaceus, Less. Tr. cFGrn. p. 194 (1831). 

 Psittacus euchloris, Forst. MS. (teste Wagl. Man. Psitt. p. 565); id. 



Descr. An. p. 160 (1844). 

 Coriphilus euchloris, Wagl. Man. Psitt. pp. 495, 504 (1832) ; Haiti. 



Wiegm. Archiv, 1852, p. 132; id. Journ.f. Orn. 1854, p. 169. 

 Brotogeris porphyreocephalus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 303 (1836). 

 Vini fringillaceus, Less. Compl. de Buff. 2nd ed., Ois. p. 506 (1838). 

 Coriphilus pipilans, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 417, n. 3, pi. 103. f. 9 



(1845). 

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



Hartl. Wiegm. Arch.f. Naturg. 1852, p. 106. 

 Coriphilus fringillaceus, Bp. Rev. est Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 161, 



n. 312; Souance, Rev. ei Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 226; Bp. Nau- 



mannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 326 ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. 



Mus. p. 58 (1859); id. Cat. B. Trap. Lsl. p. 33 (1859); Sehleg. 



Dierent. p. 79 (1864) ; Hartl. Lbis, 1864, p. 232 ; Finsch fy Hartl. 



Orn. Centr.-Polyn. p. 2'i (1862) ; Hartl. # Finsch, P. Z. S. 1811, 



p. 22 (Tavai, Samoa, Uea) ; Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 436; Layard, 



P. Z. S. 1876, p. 491 (Futuria, Vavau), p. 501 (Eova, Vavau, Tonga 



Tabu) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 692 ; Cab. fy Rchmc Journ. f. 



Orn. 1876, p. 325 (Samoa, Vavao) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 170 



(note); Moseley, Not. Chall. p. 292 (Tonga) (1879); Rchmo. 



Voqelbild. t. xxi. f. 7 (1878-83) ; Salv. Cat. B. Stricld. Coll. p. 456 



(1882); Bias. Journ. f. Orn. 1884, p. 229; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 



p. 74 (1889). 

 Coriphilus australis, Cass. U. St. Expl. Exp., Orr. p. 241 (1858); 



Rchmo. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 174 (Consp. Psitt. p. 110). 

 Nanodes fringillaceus, Sehleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 117 (1864) ; id. 



op. cit., Revue, p. 53 (1874). 

 Domicella fringillacea, Finsch, Papaq. ii. p. 747 (1868); Finsch $r 



Hartl. Journ. /. Orn. 1870, p. 122 ; Graeffe, ibid. pp. 402, 416 ; 



Finsch, Journ. f. Orn. 1872, pp. 32, 33 ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, 



pp. 772, 783. 

 Vini fringillaceus, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 154, n. 8196 (1870). 

 Coriophilns fringillaceus, Sundev. Meth. not, av. disp. Tent. p. 71 



Trichoglossus fringillaceus, Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 657 (1877). 

 Adult. Green ; forehead green, vertex and occiput -with long, 

 narrow, blue feathers; back tinged with olive; lores, cheeks, and 

 throat red ; in the middle of the lower breast a red patch, followed 

 by a purple-blue patch in the middle of the abdomen ; under tail- 

 coverts green ; tibiae purplish blue in front, green behind ; quills 

 underneath dusky ; tail-feathers green, the tips and the inner web 

 yellow, underneath greenish yellow, w T ith an orange tinge at the 

 base of the inner web : bill orange-red ; feet red (Forster) ; iris 

 yellow. Total length 7 inches, wing 4-7, tail 2-7, bill 0-5, 

 tarsus 0-49. 



Young. The blue feathers on the head are shorter, the red on 

 the throat less extended, the red patch on the lower breast only 

 incipient, and no purple patch on the middle of the abdomen. 



Hab. Samoa and Friendly Islands. 



