13. CHARMOSYNA. 81 



2. Charinosynopsis margaritae. 



Charmosyna marerarethaB, Triatr. lids, 1879, p. 442, pi. xii. id. Cat. 



Coll. B. p. 74 (1889). 

 Charmosyna margaritae, Salvad. Ibis, 1880, p. 1:30 ; Rchnw. Journ.f. 



Or,,. L881, p. 162 ( Consp. Psitt. p. 88) ; Ramsay, lr. Linn. Soc. 



R . 8. // '. Til. p. 34 ( 1 882) : Sharpe, Gould's B. New Guin. pt. xviii. 



pi. 2 (1884). 1 



Chan 



p. 175 (1889). 

 Tnchoglossua (Charmosyne) margarithfe, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. 



N. 8. 11'. vi. p. 720 (1881) (J) ; Nature, xxv. p. 3o5 ( 18S2). 

 Trichoglossus margaritse, Rchnw. Joum. f. Orn. 1881, p. 396 (Consp. 



Psitt. p. 228) ; id. VogeUnld. t. xxix. f. 7 (1878-83). 

 Charmosyne margaretlne, Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 14:J. 



Adult male. Head, neck, and underparfc of the body carmine ; 

 back, wings, and upper tail-coverts green ; vertex purplish black ; 

 the neck is divided from the back and from the breast by two 

 collars, one black and another orange-yellow, this is broader on the 

 breast; sides of the lower back crimson; across the breast a band 

 of purplish black ; longer under tail-coverts green ; quills black 

 underneath, with a slight tinge of olive-yellow towards the base of 

 the inner webs ; greater under wing-coverts blackish ; axillaries and 

 smaller under wing-coverts carmine ; tail carmine, tipped with yel- 

 low, the lateral feathers externally edged with green : bill red ; 

 feet orange. Total length 7-50 inches, winsr 4-25, tail 3-25, cul- 

 men 0-70, tarsus 0-40. {Tristram Coll.) 



Female. Differs from the male in having the sides of the lower 

 back orange-yellow, the middle of the rump and the upper tail- 

 coverts olive. (Tristram Coll.) 



Hub. Ugi and San Cristoval, Solomon Islands. 



13. CHARMOSYNA. 



Type. 



Charmosyna, Wagl Men. Psitt. p. 493 (1832) C. papuensis. 



Pyrrhodes, Sio. Class. B. ii. p. 304 (1837) C. papuensic. 



Charmosina(!), Bp. Consp. Ac. i. p. 3 (1850). 



Range. New Guinea. 



Keif to the Species. 



I. Middle tail-feathers green at the base. 



a. A patch of yellow on the sides of the breast. . papuensw, p. 82. 



b. No yellow patch on the sides of the breast. . . . stclla, p. 83. 

 II. Middle tail-feathers red, with no green at the 



base josephin<r, p. 84. 



