(i. coRipiin.rs. 47 



La Perruche Avimanon, Levaill, Perr. pi. 65 (1801). 

 La Perruche Sparmaa, Levaill. Perr. pL 66 (var.) (1831). 

 Paittacua aparmanni, Beehst. Kurze Ueb. p. 80 ( 1*12) ; A'u/J, Co«sp. 



iVtt. p. 68 (1820;; Vbigt, Cuv. Uebers. p. 748 (1831). 

 Otaheite Parrakeet, var. A, Loth, Gen. Hist. ii. p. 189 (1822). 

 Trichogloaaus P taitianus, Steph. den. Zool. xiv. 2, p. 130(1826); 



Gieb. The*. Orn. iii. p. 659 (1877). 

 Brotogeria sparmanni, Steph. I. o. p. 183 (1826). 

 Lorius vini, Less. Tr. rf'Om. p. 194 (1831). 

 Psittacus eapphirinua, Forst. MS.; id. Icon. ined. t. 49 [teste Wagl. 



Man. Psitt. p. 563) ; id. Descr. An. p. 201 (1844). 

 Coriphilua sapphirinue, Wagl. Man. Psitt. p. 563 (1832); Ilartl. 



Wiegm. Archie, L852, p. 132; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 169. 

 CoripMhiB cvaneus, Wagl. Mm. Psitt. p. 504 ( 1832) ; G. It. Gr. Gen. 



B. ii. p. 417, n. 2 ( 1845) ; Cass. U. St. ExpL Exp., Orn. p. 240 



(1858) ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 57 (1859). 

 Brotogeria sapphirinus, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 308 (1837) ; Ilartl. Syst. 



Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 80 (1844). 

 Coriphilus notatus {Bodd.) (err.), G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 417, n. 1 



( L845); Blgth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 13 (1849). 

 Coriphilua taitianus, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 157, n. 315; 



Suuance, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1856, p. 226 ; Bp. Naumannia, 



1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 329 ; G. R. Gr. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 57 



(1859) ; id. Cat. B. Prop. Isl. p. 31 (1859) ; Svhleg. Dierent. p. 79 



(1804); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 151, n. 8107 (1870); Rchnw. 



Vugelbild. t. xxi. f. 1 (1878-83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 175 



(Consp. Psitt. p. Ill); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 75 (1889). 

 Nanodea taitianus, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Pcittaci, p. 117 (1804); id. op. 



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

 Domieella taitiana, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 742 (1868) ; Pelz. Ibis, 



1873, p. 117. 

 Coriophilus taitianus, Sund. Meth. not. av. disp. Tent. p. 71 (1872). 



Adult. Dark blue ; the feathers of the head rather stiff and 

 pointed; cheeks, fore neck, and upper part of the breast white ; 

 quills and tail-feathers underneath black : bill, feet, and iris red. 

 Total length 7*5-8 inches, wing 4-3-4-45, tail 2-7-2-9, bill 0-42, 

 tarsus - 4. 



Young. Has the white feathers of the throat and upper breast 

 edged with dusky. 



Hah. Society Islands. 



Sparrman (l. c.) has described and figured a bird entirely blue, 

 with no white on tho cheeks, face, and neck ; 1 have never seen 

 one like it. According to Dr. Finsch, it is the very young bird 

 of the present species ! 



