13. CHARM09YNA. 83 



Journ. f. Om. 1874, p. 55 ; id. Sitzb. Isis Dresd. 1875, p. 78; 



Rchmc'. Journ. f. Om. 1881, p. 152 (Cowp. Psitt. p. 88) ; id- 

 Viujelbibl. t. xxix. f. 5 (1878-83). 

 Nanodes papuensis, Schley. Mtu. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 53 (1874). 

 Lorius papuanus, Rosenb. Heist, naar Geelvinkb. pp. 113, 114 (1875). 



Adult male. Carmine ; back ami wings dark green ; vertex with 

 a blue cross band and another black one behind ; a black band also 

 on the nape ; rump red on the sides, blue along the middle ; the 

 longer upper tail-coverts green ; sides of the breast and flanks yel- 

 low ; middle of the abdomen and thighs black ; under wing-coverts 

 red; quills black underneath; middle tail-feathers dark green, 

 yellowish red towards the tip ; lateral tail-feathers yellow at the 

 tip, red at the base of the inner web, and green on the outer edge : 

 bill orange-red ; feet orange ; iris yellow. Total length from 16 - 9 

 to 14-U3 inches, wing 5-3, tail from 10-6 to 8-23, bill 065, tarsus 

 0-51. 



Female. The red feathers on the sides of the rump hare the base 

 yellow ; a yellow-orange patch over the yellow spot above the 

 thighs. 



Young. The red feathers of the neck and breast have narrow 

 black edges ; the spot on the occiput, the abdomen, and the thighs 

 dark green. 



Hub. N.W. New Guinea. 



a. Sk. (native). New Guinea. Laugier Coll. 



b. Sk. (native). New Guinea. Turner Coll. 



c. Sk. (native). New Guinea. Purchased. 



d. 2 ad. sk. New Guinea. Tweeddale Coll. 



2. Charmosyna stellae. 



Charmosyna josephinte, Shavpe (nee Finsch), Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. 



xvi. p. "428 (18*2) (Morocco district) ; Sahad. Om. Pup. eMol. iii. 



p. 520 ( parti m) (1882) ; ? Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. ser. 2, 



ii. p. 250 (1887) (Astrolabe Mountains, Gfoldie). 

 Trichoglossus papuana (sic) et Vriehoglossus Josephine, Ramsay 



[necFuuch), Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. x. p. 244 (1885). 

 Charmosyna stellffl, Meyer, Zeitackr.f. gee. Om. 1886, p. 9, Tat', ii. ; 



Sharpe, Nature, xxxiv. p. 340 (188C>) : id. Ooukfe B. New Gain. 



pt. xxiv. pi. 4 (1888); Sahad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2. xL 



p. 175 (1889). 



Adult male. Carmine, back and wings dark green ; a patch of long 

 lilac-blue feathers on the occiput, nape black ; a patch of blue and 

 dull purple on the rump ; lower breast, sides of the abdomen, and 

 thighs purple-black ; on the flanks a few white streaks surrounded 

 with blue ; middle of the abdomen, under tail-coverts, and under 

 wing-coverts crimson ; tail-feathers dark green, the two middle 

 ones passing into red-orange and thence into yellow at the tips, 

 the lateral tail-feathers yellow towards the tips and with the base 

 of the inner well crimson : bill red : feet orange. Total length 



a 2 



