96 CYCLOPSITTACIDJE. 



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



Psittacula diophthalmus, G. R. Or. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 195 (partim). 



Opopsitta diophtbalma, Sclat. P. Z. S. i860, p. 227 ; Rosenb. Journ. 

 f. Orn. 1862, pp. 63, 64, 68 ; id. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. 

 pp. 142, 143, 144 (1863) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 115, sp. 30 ; 

 Sclat. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 697. 



Cyclopsittaeus diophthalmus, Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. x. p. 28, 

 n. 28, p. 120 (1877) ; id. Orn. Pap.eMol. i. p. 158 (1880) ; Rchnw. 

 Vogelbild. t. xxv. f. 8 (1878-83); id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 393 

 (Consp. Psitt. p. 75); Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 620; Meyer, 

 Zeitsehr. ges. Orn. 1886, p. 32 (Kafu) ; Salvad. Mem. P. Ac. Sc. 

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

 Harbour). 



Cvclop.-attacus coccineifrons, Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi. 

 pp. 318, 426 (1882) ; Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 418, 

 no. 6 (1882;; id. Orn.Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 516 (1882) ; Rchmo. Vogel- 

 bild. Nachtr. 23 (1883) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1883, p. 416; Salvad. 

 Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xl. p. 162 (1889). 



Cyclopsittacii8 aruensis, Nehrk. (nee Sehleg.) Journ. f. Orn. 1885, 

 p. 31 (Waigiou) ; Salvad. Ibis, 1886, p. 151. 



Cyclopsitta coccineifrons, Sharpe, Gould's B. New Guin. pt. xxiii. 

 "pi. 3 (1887). 



Adult male. Green, paler below ; sinciput, checks, and ear-coverts 

 red ; sinciput bordered behind with yellowish ; a blue spot before the 

 eyes ; a blue band behind the parotic region, bordering the red 

 cheeks ; sides of the body yellow ; outer webs of the primaries and 

 primary-coverts bright blue ; first primary black, like the inner webs 

 of the remainder ; quills underneath with a pale yellow oblique band, 

 also the greater under wing-coverts pale yellow on the inner webs ; 

 the remainder under wing-coverts pale green ; a concealed red spot 

 on the inner web of the innermost greater wing-coverts ; tail above 

 green, below dull bluish : " irides yellow " (Hombron) or " black ; 

 bill and feet dusky" (D' Albertis). Total length about 6-1 inches, 

 wing 3-6, tail 1-9, bill 0-6, tarsus 0'42. 



Young female. Like the male, from which it differs in having the 

 cheeks dusky buff, with a red line running along their upper edge, 

 from the lores to the ear-coverts. 



Hah. New Guinea, Waigiou, Salwattv, Mysol, and Koffiao. 



In the series examined I do not find that the characters given 

 as distinctive of the South-eastern New Guinea specimens hold 



a. c? ad. sk. Mysol (A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



b-d. c? $ ad- et Mysol. Wallace Coll. 



cf juv. sk. 



«.[$ Jad.sk. Waigama, Mysol, Sept. Gould Coll. 



/. (J ad. sk. Tobae, Mysol, July. Gould Coll. 



g, h. $ ad. sk. Mysol (Rosenberg). Tweeddale Coll. 



i, k. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mountains. Goldie Coll. (Types 



of C. coccineifrons, Sharpe.) 



