94 CYCLOPSITTACID.E. 



apical half ; base of the quills underneath pale yellow ; under wing- 

 coverts pale bluish green ; innermost greater wing-coverts with a 

 concealed orange spot on their inner webs ; tail green above, olive 

 below: "bill black; feet greenish : irides yellow-red " (& Albertis). 

 Total length about 8 inches, wing -4-4, tail 2-2, bill U - 78, tarsus 

 0-6. 



Hub. South-eastern New Guinea, from Hall Bay to the Fly 

 Kiver. 



a. Juv. sk. New Guinea, mainland east of Yule Gould Coll. 



Island, Feb. {Dr. James). 



7. Cyclopsittacus coxeni. 



Cyclopsitta coxeni, Gould, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 182; id. B. Anstr., 

 Suppl. pi 65 (pt. iv., 1867) ; G. R. Gfr. Hand-list, ii. p. 168, n. 8374 

 (1870) ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. ii. p. 196, n. oil (1878); 

 id. Tab. List, p. 17, n. 525 (1888) ; id. Cat. Anstr. />. in. Paittaci, 

 p. 32 (1891). 



P.xittacula coxeni, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 957 (1868); Schleg. Mus. 

 P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 34 (1874); Gieb. Tkcs. Orn. iii. p. 327 

 (1877). 



Cyclopsittacus coxeni, Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 131 ( Consp. 

 'Psitt. p. 74); id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 21 (1883). 



Adult male. General plumage green ; feathers of the forehead aud 

 of the lores with reddish bases, tipped with green, those of the 

 middle of the forehead tipped with bluish ; upper part of the cheeks 

 and ear-coverts red, the upper ear-coverts edged above with yellow ; 

 a blue patch or band along the lower part of the cheeks ; sides of 

 the body yellow ; quills brown ; outer webs of the primaries and 

 their coverts bright blue ; outermost secondaries green, tinged with 

 blue towards the base of the outer webs ; innermost secondaries 

 green ; quills underneath with a dull yellowish band ; innermost 

 greater wing-coverts with a concealed orange spot on the inner webs ; 

 tail above green ; underneath dull olive : upper mandible bluish 

 black, under mandible whitish ; " feet greenish white ; iride3 hazel " 

 (Gould). Total length 7 inches, wing 3-9, tail 1*9, bill 0-65, tarsus 

 .0-48. 



Female. The red feathers of the cheeks are more or less tipped 

 with green. 



Hab. Eastern Australia, from Wide Bay district in Queensland to 

 New South "Wales. 



a. Ad. sk. N.E. Australia. Gould Coll. (? Type 



of species.) 



b, c. Ad. sk. Queensland. Gould Coll. 

 ■d. Ad. sk. N. Australia. Purchased. 



e,f. Ad. sk. Queensland (J. T. Cocke rvll). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g, h. Ad.sk. N.E. Australia (J. T. Cock- Tweeddale Coll. 



erell). 



