2. CIClQPBITTACjrS. 95 



8. Cyclopsittacus niaccoyi. 



Cyclopsitta nmcleavana, Ramsay, Sydn. Morning Herald, Nov. 15, 



1874*; id. P.Z.S. 1875, p. 602; id. Tr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. 



ii. p. L95, n. 512 (1878); id. Tab. List, p. 17, n. 526 (1888); De 



Vts, Rep. Sc. Exp. N. Queensl. p. 33 (1889) ; Rams. Cat. Austr. 



B. iii. Psittaci, p. 33 (1891). 

 Cyciopaitta maccoyi, Gould, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 314; Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1875, p. 002 (note) ; Gould, Birds New Guin. pt. i. pi. 10 (1875) ; 



Gieb. T/tes. Orn. iii. p. 800 (1877). 

 Oyclopaitta leadbeateri, M'Coy, Ann. §• Mag. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 54 



(1875). 

 Cyclopsittacus niaccovi, Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xxv. f. 7 (1878-83) ; id. 

 ' Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 139 {Consp. Psitt. p. 75). 



Adult male. Green, lighter and more yellowish below ; on the 

 forehead a band of bright scarlet, bordered with cobalt above and 

 below ; lores, feathers round the eyes, and upper part of the cheeks 

 cobalt ; on the lower cheeks, from the base of the bill to the tips of 

 the ear-coverts, a broadband of scarlet, and below this a purple-blue 

 band ; flank-feathers tipped with bright yellow ; primary-coverts 

 and quills externally blue, the innermost secondaries green ; the 

 innermost greater wing- coverts have a concealed orange-red spot on 

 the inner webs ; quills blackish below, with an oblique yellow band 

 near the base ; under wing-coverts light green, those along the 

 carpal edge washed with blue ; tail green above, dusky olive below : 

 bill blackish blue ; feet greenish. Total length about 6 inches, 

 wing 3-5, tail 1*7, bill 0-55, tarsus 0-4. 



Female. Differs from the male in wanting the scarlet band on the 

 cheeks, which are grey tinged with blue. 



Bab. Rockingham Bay, N.E. Australia. 



a. 5 ad. sk. N. Queensland. Gould Coll. (One of the types.) 



9. Cyclopsittacus diophthalmus. 



Psittacula diophthaluia, Hombr. et Jacq. Ann. des Sc. Nat. xvi. 

 p. 318 (1841) (south coast of New Guinea?) ($tvpe examined); 

 G. R. Gr. Gen.B. ii. p. 423, n. 19 (1846) ; id. Cat. B. New Guin. 

 pp. 42, 00 (partim) (1859); id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 437 ( parti m ) ; 

 Schleg. Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 75 (partim) (1864) ; id. Ned. Tijdschr. 

 Dierk. iii. p. 331 (partim) (1866) ; Finsch, Papaq. ii. p. 627 



.213 



*bis."ff. 4, 5 (1846). 

 Cyclopsitta diophthalmti, Jarq.et Pitcher. Toy. Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 107 



"(1853) ; Hartl. Journ.f. Orn. 1854, p. 105 ; Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 

 1854, p. 154, n. 220; id. Naumannia, 1850, Consp. P<i'tt. Bp. 231 

 (excl. svn. ?)j Sclat. Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 160, sp. 118 (1858) ; 

 Wall. P.Z.S. 1864, pp.284, 294 (partim); FirueA, Neu-Guin. 



* According to the rule followed in the Zoological Catalogues of the British 

 Museum, right to priority cannot he claimed for specific names published La 

 newspapers. 



