90 cyclopsittacidj:. 



Oust. Ann. Sc. Nat., Zoologie, ser. 6, xiii. art. n. 8, p. 11 (1882) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 418, n. 5 (1882); id. Orn. 

 Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 515 (1882) ; Rcknto. Voyelbild. Nachtr. 19 (1883) ; 

 Oust. Nouv. Arch. Mus. ser. 2, viii. p. 3U1, pi. 12 (tf $) (1884) ; 

 Meyer, Zeitschr. f. aes. Orn. iii. p. 32 (1886) ; Salvad. Mem. E. Ac. 

 Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 161 (1889) ; Meyer, Ibis, 1890, p. 412. 



Adult male. Green ; underneath paler and yellowish ; forehead 

 bluish green ; nape and cheeks golden yellow ; the feathers of the 

 cheeks very narrow and long ; a blue spot behind the eyes ; breast 

 red: bill blackish; feet greenish black. Total length 8-7 inches, 

 wing 4-6, tail 3 - 6, bill 0*75 {from Oustalet). 



Adult female. Green, upper parts darker, underparts paler and 

 more yellowish; pileum grass-green streaked with blue; feathers 

 of the cheeks yellowish, very long and narrow ; a spot behind the 

 eyes blue ; hind part of the neck yellowish green ; breast with a 

 broad pale greenish band; sides of tbe breast inged with orange- 

 brown ; wings bluish green, above like the back ; quills yellow on 

 the inner webs : the innermost greater wing-coverts near the back 

 with a concealed orange spot on the inner webs : under wing- 

 coverts pale green ; tail rather long, above bluish green, below 

 olive : bill black ; feet, in the dry skin, lead-colour. 



Young. Duller than the adult male; breast bluish, spotted with 

 red. (Oustalet.) 



Hah. New Guinea, on the eastern coast of Geelvink Bay, between 

 130 J 30' and 140° E. long. 



2. Cyclopsittacns edwardsi. 



Cyclopsittacus edwardsii, Oust. Ann. Sc. Nat., Zool. 1885, art. no. 3, 

 p. 1 ; Meyer, Zeitschr. yes. Orn. iii. p. 32 (1886) ; Salvad. Mem. R. 

 Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 161 (1889); Meyer, Ibis, 1890, p. 41i' ; 

 Salvad. Mem. H. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xli. p. 217 (1891). 



Adult male. Green ; a pectoral band deep blue ; breast and middle 

 of the abdomen red ; cheeks golden yellow, tinged with red and 

 blue ; forehead and abdomen golden yellow ; pileum light green ; a 

 black cross band on the nape ; upper back green ; the innermost 

 greater wing-coverts with red and yellow concealed spots on the 

 inner webs ; primaries black, on the outer web edged with greenish 

 blue, towards the tips edged with yellow ; quills underneath brown, 

 towards the base sulphur-yellow ; under wing-coverts greenish blue ; 

 sides green : feet and bill blackish. Total length 7*1 inches, wing 

 4-5, tail 3-95. (Oustalet.) 



Adult female. Green ; forehead, lores, and crown yellowish grass- 

 green ; occiput greyish, encircled behind by a broad black band ; 

 cheeks and throat covered with very long and narrow red feathers ; 

 ear-coverts very long and narrow like the cheek-feathers ; anterior 

 ear-coverts yellow, median ones red, and the posterior turquoise- 

 blue; a broad pectoral band blue: breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts yellowish green, some feathers of the breast stained with 



