92 CYCL0PSITTACIDJ5. 



a concealed orange spob on the inner webs of the innermost greater 

 wing-coverts ; tail olive-green above, olive below : irides pale yel- 

 low ; bill black ; feet lead-colour. Total length &~ inches, wing 

 4-2, tail 2-4, bill 0-78, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Like the male. 



Young. Like the adult bird, but the pileum dull yellow. 



Hab. New Guinea, near Dorey. 



a, b. <$ 2 aa ". s k- Dorey. Wallace Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Dorey {A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



d, e. d 2 a d- sk. New Guinea (A. B. Meyer). Tweeddale Coll. 

 f>ff- 6 2 ad. sk. Amberbaki, N. G. (Laglaize). Purchased. 



4. Cyclopsittacus occidentalis. 



Opopsitta desmarestii, part., Sclat. Journ. Pi: Linn. Soc. ii. p. 10(5, 

 sp. 117 (1858); G. R. Or. Cat. B. New Gum. p. 4! (partim) 

 (18.59) ; Rosenb. (ner Gam.) Journ. f. Orn. 1802, p. 63 (ex Sal- 

 watty); id. Nat. Tijdsckr. Ned. Ind. xxv. pp. 143,220 (partim) 

 (1863) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 697 (ex Sorong). 



Cyclopsitta blythi, part., Wall. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 285 (specim. ex 

 Salwatty). 



Psittacula desmarestii, part., ScMeg. Mus.P.-B. Psittaci,p. 75(1804); 

 Finsch, Papag. ii. pp. 620, 957 (partim) (1868); Schley. Mas. 

 P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 32 (partim) (1874). 



Cyclopsittacus desmarestii, part., Salvad. Ann. Mux. Civ. Gen. vii. 

 p. 754 (1875) (specim. ex Salwatty). 



Cyclopsittacus occidentalis, Salvad. Ann. Mux. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 910 

 (1875), x. p. 27, n. 25, p. 119 (1877); id. Orn. Pap. <■ Mol. i. 

 p. 152 (1880); Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 138 {Camp. Psitt. 

 p. 74) ; id. Voyelbild. Nachtr. 20 (1883) ; Gail/em. P. Z. S. 1.-85, 

 p. 619; Salvad. Mem. R.Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 161 (1889) ; 

 Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 78 (1889). 



Cyclopsittacus occipitalis (en-ore), GuiUem. P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 620. 



Cyclopsitta occidentalis, Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 800 (1877); Sharpe, 

 Goulds B. New Guin. pt. xix. pi. 3 (1885). 



Adalt. Very much like V. desmaresti, but the cheeks and ear- 

 coverts golden yellow ; the blue subocular spot paler and more or 

 less greenish ; no blue spot on the occiput ; the pileum of a brighter 

 orange-red, and the nape more yellowish. 



Hab. Salwatty, Batanta, and the north-western coast of New 

 Guinea from Sorong to Dorey-Hum. 



In some specimens the blue pectoral band is scarcely visible. 



a. Ad. sk. New Guinea (A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. New Guinea. Wallace Coll. 

 d. Ad. sk. Salwatty (July). Gould Coll. 



