14. 0RE0PS1TTA.CUS. 85 



p. 74 (1874) ; Sclat. Ibis, 1874, p. 419 ; Bowl. Om. Miscell. pt. iii. 



p. 145, pi. xvi. ( cf juv.) (1876); Finsch, Om. Miscell. pt. iii. p. 147 



(1876) ; Rchnw. Journ. f. Om. 1881, p. 154 [Consp- P*&t- P- 90) ; 



id. Vogelbild. t. xxix. f.'2 (1878-83). 

 Charniosyna arfaki, Becc. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 715 (1875). 

 Psitteuteles arfaki, Gould, B. of New Gum. pt. iii. pi. 5 (1876). 

 Oreopsittacus arfaki, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 37, sp. 89 



(1877) ; id. Om. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 315 (1880) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 



1885, p. 624 ; Salvad. Mem. P. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. '2, xl. p. 174 



(1889). 



Adult male. Dark green ; pileum, sides, and under wing-coverts 

 red ; cheeks and ear-coverts dark blue, with a line of white-bluish 

 dots ; middle of the abdomen tinged with red : under tail-coverts 

 yellowish green ; primaries edged with blue ; underside of the 

 wing with a yellow band ; tail-feathers black, with the base above 

 green and with the tips red : bill black ; feet plumbeous ; iris dark 

 brown. Total length 6 inches, wing 3-05, tail 3 - 60, bill 0-45, 

 tarsus - 35. 



Female. Like the male, only the pileum is not red, but entirely 

 green like the back. 



Young male. The pileum is more or less mingled with red. 



Hab. Arlak Mountains, New Guinea. 



«. <S ad.sk. Arfak Mountains (Lagbiize). Purchased. 



6. 5 ad. sk. Arfak Mountains (Bruijn). Purchased. 



