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7. Hypocharmosyna aureocincta. 



Trichoglossus aureocinctus, Layard, Ann. fy Mag. N. H. (4) xvi. 



p. 344 (November 187-5); id. Ibis, 1876, pp. 138, 141, 391; id. 



P. Z. S. 1876, p. 505 ; Bowl. Orn. Misc. i. p. 261, pi. 36 (1876) ; 



Finsch, Journ. Mas. Gocleffr. Heft xii. p. 3, t. i. f. 1 (1876) ; Gieb. 



Thes. Orn. iii. p. 656 (1877) ; Rchmo. Vor/elbild. t. xxi. f. 6 (1878- 



83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881. p. 149 (Con'sp. Psitt. p. 85). 

 Trichoglossus (Glossopsitta) aniabilis, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 



i. p. 30 (26 July, 1875) (1877). 

 Coriphilus aureocinctus, Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 74 (1889). 



Adult. Green ; lores, front part of the cheeks, throat, and thighs 

 red ; a narrow yellow band borders the red throat ; tail-feathers 

 yellow towards the tip, the three outer ones red at the base of the 

 inner web and with a black band in the middle : " bill and feet 

 red; iris dark buff " {Layard). Total length 7 inches, wing 3 - 9, 

 tail 3, bill 0-55, tarsus 0-35. 



Hub. Fiji Islands. 



a, b. $ J ad. sk. Taviuni, 22 July 1875 (Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



c. c? ad. sk. Taviuni, 1 Aug. 1875 (Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



d, e. S 2 a( i- g k- Taviuni, 2 Aug. 1875 (Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



8. Hypocharmosyna palmarum. 



Palm Parrot, Lath. Syn. i. p. 253, n. 57 (1781); id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 193 (1822). 

 Psittacus palmarum, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 329, n. 89 (1788) ; Lath. 



Ind. Orn. i. p. 105, n. 68 (1790) ; Shaw, Gen, Zool. viii. 2, p. 468 



(1811); Bechst. Kwze Ueh. p. 80 (1811); Vieill. N. D. xxv. 



p. 371 (1817); Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 51 (1820); Vieill. Enc. 



Mtth. iii. p. 1408 (1823) ; Forster, Icon. Ined. t. 48 ; id. Desa: An. 



p. 259 (1844) ; Licht. ibid, (note) (1844) ; Bp. Compt. Rend. xli. 



p. 1111 (1855). 

 Nanodes'r' palmarum, Steph, Gen. Zool, xiv. 2, p. 120 (1826). 

 Trichoglossus palmarum, Wayl. Mon. Psitt. p. 546 (1832) ; G. R. 



Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 411, n. 11 (1846) ; id. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. 



p. 64 (1859); id. List B. Prop. 1st, p. 33 (1859); Finsch, Papay. 



ii. p. 868 (1868) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 156, n. 8229 (1870) ; 



Brenchley, Cruise of the Curacoa, p. 384, pi. 16 (1873) ; Gieb. Thes. 



Orn. iii. p. 658 (1877); Layard, Lbis, 1874, pp. 274, 280, 1879, p. 485 



(coral beaks and legs), 1880, pp. 292, 339 ( =pvgmreus), 1881, p. 172 ; 



Rehnw. Journ, f. Orn. 1881, p. 149 (Consp. Psitt. p. 85); id. 



Voyelbild. Nachtr. n. 30 (1883). 

 Loriculus ? palmarum, Bp. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1854, p. 243. 

 Cyclopsitta ? palmarum, Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt., after 



n. 231. 

 Coriphilus palmarum, Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 74 (1889). 



Adidt. Green, interscapular region tinged with olive ; underneath 

 green-yellow, especially along the middle of the breast and abdo- 

 men ; anterior part of the cheeks near the base of the bill and chin 

 pale red ; tail green, with the tip yellow : " bill red ; feet dull 



