88 CTOLOPSITTACIDJ;, 



3. Neopsittacus rubripileuin. 



Trickoglossus iris, Wall, (nee Temm.) Ibis, 186], p. 349; id. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 484, 1864, pp. 292, 295 ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 852 (part.) 



(1868); Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 155 {Consp. Psitt. p. 91) ; 



id. VogelUld. t. xxx. f. 7 (1883), 

 N anodes' iris (part.) .Schleg. Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 116 (1864); id. 



op. cit., Itevue, p. 53 (1874). 



Adult. Differs from N. iris in having the pileum entirely red, 

 ■with no purple-blue on its hinder part. 



Young. On the occiput the red colour is mixed with green. 

 Hab. E. Timor. 



a. Ad.sk. E. Timor ( Wallace). Gould Coll. (Type 



of species.) 

 b-d. d" 2 ad. et E. Timor. Wallace Coll. 



juv. sk. 



2. CYCLOPSITTACUS. 



Type. 

 Cyclopsitta, Rchnb. Syst.Av. Nat. tab. lxxxiii. (1850); 



Jacq. Sf Puch. Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 107 



(1853) C. diophthalrnus. 



Opopsitta, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 227 C. diophthalrnus. 



Cyclopsittacus, Sund. Meth. nut. Av. disp. Tent. p. 69 



(1872) (nomen emend.) C. desniaresti. 



Range. The Papuan Islands and ^North-eastern Australia. 



Key to the Species. 



I. Feathers of the cheeks and ear-coverts very 



long and narrow. 



a. No black crescent-like band on the nape; 



no blue band on the breast ; breast red in 

 the male, with a pale greenish band in 

 the female salvadorii, p. 89. 



b. Nape with a black crescent-like band ; a 



deep blue pectoral band; breast and 

 middle of the abdomen red in the male, 

 green stained with orange in the female, edicardsi, p. 90. 



II. Feathers of the cheeks and ear-coverts not 



very long and narrow. 



c. Middle tail-feathers distinctly pointed. 



a'. Larger : wing about 4'3 inches ; pec- 

 toral baud blue ; sides of the breast 

 pale blue, 

 a". Subocnlar spot blue. 



«'". Cheeks yellowish green ; a blue 

 spot on the occiput : subocnlar 

 blue spot broader and brighter . . desmaresti, p. 91. 

 b'". Cheeks golden yellow ; generally 

 uo blue spot on the occiput ; sub- 

 ocular blue spot smaller and 

 paler . , occidenta/is, p. 92. 



