8. PSITTEUTELES. 63 



S. PSITTEUTELES. 



Type. 



Psitteuteles, Bp. Rer. et Mag. dc Zool. 1854, p. 187 ; 



id. Naumannia, 1850, Consp. Psitt. gen. 80 P. euteles. 



Range. Australia, Tenimber Islands, Timor, Celebes, and Sula 

 Islands. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Underside of the quills with no coloured band. 



a'. Larger ; breast bright yellow flavoviridis, p. 63. 



V. Smaller ; breast greenish yellow { Zrth!d^nst, p. 64. 



b. Underside of the quills with a coloured band. 



a'. Band on the underside of the quills yellow . euteles, p. 04. 



b' . Baud on the underside of the quills red .... chlorolepidotus, p. 66. 



1. Psitteuteles flavoviridis. 



Trichoglossus flavoviridis, Wall. P. Z. 8. 1862, p. ,337, pi. xxxix., 

 1804, pp. 202, 295 (partim) ; Finsch, Xeu-Guin. p. 158 (I860); 

 id. Papaq. ii. p. 849 (1868); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 156, 

 n. 8218 (1870) ; Wald. Ann, # Mag. N. H. (4) viii. p. 281 (1871) ; 

 Sclileg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 49 (1874) ; Gieb. Tiies. Orn. 

 iii. p. 657 (1877) ; Rosenb. Malay. Arc/tip. p. 275 (1878); Rchnv. 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 156 (Consp. Psitt. p. 92); id. Yogelbild. 

 Nachtr. 34 (1883) ; Bias. Joum. f. Orn. 1883, p. 125. 



Adult. Green ; head olive-yellow ; nape with a dusky collar ; 

 face, cheeks, and chin dusky green, each feather margined with 

 yellow ; fore neck, breast, and upper part of the belly bright yellow, 

 each feather narrowly margined with dark green, producing a regular 

 scaly appearance ; belly, vent, and under tail-coverts yellowish 

 green, with green edges to the feathers ; the interscapular feathers 

 with concealed yellow bands ; quills dusky black underneath ; tail- 

 feathers beneath ochre-yellow : bill orange-red ; orbits bare, yellow ; 

 feet lead-colour ; iris orange. Total length 8 - 50 inches, wing 4 - S0, 

 tail 3-20, bill 0-72, tarsus 0-51. 



Hull. Sula Islands. 



a. Ad. Bk. Sula Isl. Wallace Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. $ad.;c. Sula Isl. Wallace Coll. 

 Ad. sk. 



d. S ad. sk. Sula Isl. {A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Sula Isl. {A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



2. Psitteuteles meyer'i. 



Trichoglossus flavoviridis, part., Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 337, 1864, 



pp. 292, 295 (Menado). 

 Trichoglossus meyeri, Wald, Ann. Sf Mag. N. It. (4) viii. p. 281 



(1871); id. Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 32, pi. iv. (1872); Sc/ileg. 



Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 50 (1874) ; Salvad. Ann. Mas. Cir. 



