2. crcLorsrrxACUs. 97 



k. Ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea. II. 0. Forbes, Esq. 



I. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. Goldie Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. [Fly River], New Guinea. Gould Coll. 



n. Ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea. Tweeddale Coll. 



o. $ ad. sk. Salwatty. Purchased. 



10. Cyclopsittacus aruensis. 



Psittacula diophthalma, G. It. Gr. (nee H. et J.) P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 183; id. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 90 (1859); id. Cat. B. New 



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



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



Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 331 (partim) (1866) ; Rosenb. Peis naar 



civ Zuidoostereil. p. 48 (1867) ; Finseh, Papay. ii. pp. 627, 957 



(partim) (1868). 

 Opopsitta diophthalma, Sclat. (nee H. et J.) P. Z. S. 1860, p. 227 



(from Aru Isl.) ; Rosenb. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, p. 65 ; id. Nat. 



Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. pp. 145, 226 (partim) (1803 ). 

 Cyclopsitta diophthalma, Wall. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 284 (partim); 



Finseh, Neu-Guin. p. 158 (partim) (1865) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, 



ii. p. 167, sp. 8372 (partim) (1870). 

 Psittacula diophthalma arueusis, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, 



p. 33 (May 1874) (type examined). 

 Cyclopsitta aruensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vi. p. 73 (August 



1874) ; Gould, B. New Guin. pt. ix. pi. 5 (1879). 

 Cvclopsittacus aruensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 28, n. 29 

 "(1877) ; If Alb. # Salvad. Ann. 3Ius. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 34 (1879) ; 



Salvad. Orn. Pup. e Mol. i. p. 161 (1880) ; Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 

 - 1881, p. 394 (Consp. Psitt. p. 75 a) ; id. VogeMd. Nacbtr. 2i'"(1883); 



Meyer, Zeitschr. f. yes. Orn. i. p. 273 (1884) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 



1885, p. 620 ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 162 (1889); 



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



Adult mid,. Very much like the male of G. diophihalmus, from 

 which it differs in having the red colour of the head lighter, less 

 extended on the crown, where there is scarcely any yellow behind 

 the red; the blue spot before the eyes is smaller and paler, 

 while the blue band bordering the lower part of the cheeks is more 

 extended and reaches the chin. Total length 6-o inches, wing 3 - 4, 

 tail 1-7, bill 0-57, tarsus 0-41. 



Female. Very different from that of C. diophihalmus, having no 

 red whatever on the head ; sinciput blue, lighter on the forehead ; 

 a blue line runs under the eyes to the upper car-coverts ; cheeks 

 palo buff, bordered below and behind by a blue baud. 



Bab. Aru Islands and the middle of Southern New Guinea along 

 tho Fly River. 



a-d. S 2 ad - slf - Aiu Islands. Wallace Coll. 



e,f. c5 2 ad. sk. Aru Islauds {A. R. Wallace). Goidd Coll. 



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