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cheeks and throat yellowish ; a red spot on the vent ; tail-feathers 

 green, the four lateral ones yellowish green towards the tips, and with 

 the inner webs red at the bases, and with a black band between the 

 yellow and the red : bill long, much arched and pointed ; feet dark. 

 ''Total length 200 inillim., wing 93, tail 90, bill 14, tarsus 

 10 " ( Verreau.v). 



Hah. New Caledonia. 



Only the type, a female, of this bird is known ; it is pre- 

 served in the Colonial Collection in the Palais de l'lndustrie in 

 Paris. I have to thank M. Salle for a sketch of the type. The 

 green forehead, the blue crown, the yellow cheeks and throat, and 

 the red spot on the vent distinguish at a glance this species from 

 any other. 



I am not at all sure about its generic characters, and it may 

 possibly belong to the genus Hypocharmosyna. 



\i. Glossopsittacus concinnus. 



Pacific Parrot (var.), Phill. Voy. Bot. Bay, p. 156, pi. 21 (1789). 

 Psittacus australis, Lath, (nee Gm.) Ind. Orn. i. p. 104, n. 6(5 (1790); 



Bechst. Lath. Ueb. p. 80 (1811-12); ? Vieill. X. D. xxv. p. 342 



(1«17); ?id. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1384 (18-23); Hahn, Orn. Ml., 



Papay. p. 03, p. 48 (183G) ; Thienem. Fortpftanz. d. yes. Voy. p. 74 



(1846). 

 Psittacus concinnus, Shaw, Xat. Misc. iii. pi. 87 ( 1791 ) ; Kuhl, Consp. 



Psitt. p. 40 (1820); Voiyt, Cuo. Vebers. p. 735 (1831); Weinl. 



Jinirii.f. Orn. 1854, B. p. lxxv. 

 Crimson-fronted Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 87 (1802) ; id. 



Gen. Hist. ii. p. 181, with var. A, B, C (1822). 

 La rerruche a bandeau rouge, Levaill. Pen: pi. 48 (1801). 

 Psittacus paciticus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 419 (1811). 

 Psittacus rubrifrons, Bechst. Lath. Ueb. p. 84, pi. 11 (ltill) ; Hahn, 



Orn. Atl, Papay. p. 24, pi. 10 (1834). 

 Psittacus velatus, I will. X. D. xxv. p. 373 (1817) ; id. Enc. Meth. 



iii. p. 1405 (1823). 

 Trichoglossus concinnus, Viy. 8f Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 292 



(1820) ; Steph. Gen. Zool'. xiv. 2, p. 130 (1820) ; Jard. $ Selb. Bl. 



of Orn. i. pi. 34 (1839) ; Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. ix. p. 226 (1837) ; 



id. ■>/>■ vit- 2nd ed. p. 012 (1838) ; Fraser, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 113 ; 



Gould. 11. A ust r. v. pi. 52 (pt. xiii., 1843) ; Rchnb. Voy. Xeuholl. 



n. 174 (1850) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1800, p. 371 ; Raima,,, Ibis, 1805, 



p. 305 ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 857 (180S) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, 



pp. 465, "•■:!, L874, p. 587; Pelz. Ibis, 1875, p. 117; Gieb. 



The*. Orn. iii. p. 656 (1877) ; Diggl Syn. B. Austr. ii. pi. 86. f. 2 



(1877) ; Forbes, I'. Z. s. L879, p. 170, tigs. 5, 0, pi. xvi. figs. 5, 6 ; 



Bchnw. Journ. f. Om. L881, p. L48 (Consp. Psttt. p. 84) ; Salv. 



Cat. B. Striekl. Coll. p. 450 (1882); Bchnw. Vogelhild. t. x.u. 



f. 3 (1SS3); Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p 320 (188S); Leyye, 



Pr. Ii. Soc. Tasm. 1886, p. 238; Cox $ Ham. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 



S. II'. (2)iv. p. 418(1889). 

 Lathamua concinnus, Less. Tr. d'Om. p. 206 (1831). 

 Trichogloasus australis, Waul. Man. Psitt. p. 549 (1832); Hartl. 



Syst. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 86 (1-44); G. R. Gr. Gen. 11. ii. p. 411, 



a. 8 (1846) ; Bli/th, Cat. Ii. Mus. A. S. II. p. 12 (1849) ; G. II. Gr. 



List J'si/t. Brit. Mh<. p. 0;; (1859). 



