100 CTCLOPSITIACIDJE. 



sides of the body tinged with yellow-orange ; quills brown, primary- 

 coverts and carpal edge blue, like the outer webs of the primaries ; 

 a yellowish band towards the base of quills below ; a concealed 

 yellow spot on the inner web of the innermost greater wing-coverts ; 

 under wing-coverts pale green ; tail green, underneath dusky : bill 

 black ; feet olive : irides brown. Total length 4- To inches, wing 

 3-2, tail 1-3, bill 0-5. tarsus 0-4. 



Adult female. Like the male, but the auricular region orange in- 

 stead of whitish, the spot on the cheeks black tinged with blue ; 

 the feathers of the throat greenish with bluish tips ; breast didl 

 orange, each feather more or less edged with green. 



Young. Like the female, but the sinciput scarcely brown, the 

 sides of the head dull yellowish, the spot ou the cheeks greenish 

 brown ; the throat greenish : bill pale brown. 



Hub. The Aru Islands and the middle of Southern New Guinea, 

 along the Fly Paver. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Aru Islands. Gould Coll. 



b, c. 2 ad. et Wokan, Aru Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Chal- 

 ad. sk. lenger.' 



d. Juv. sk. Aru Islands. Gould Coll. 



14. Cyclopsittacus nigrifrons. 



Cyclopsittacua nigrifrons, Rchnw. AUg. deutsche ornith. Geseli. z>/ 

 'Berlin, Bericht iii. p. 6 (20 Marc, 1891); id. Journ. f. Orn. 1891, 

 p. 217 (Kaiser-AYilhelmsland) ; Sahad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. 

 eest. 2, xlii. p. 90 (1891). 



Similar to C. melanogenys, but larger ; forehead deep black and 

 inner web of the quills black, with no vellow edges. Total length 

 140 millim., wing 90, tail 40, bill 15, tarsus 12. 



Hub. Northern Xew Guinea, near Augusta River (Hunstein). 



I only know this species from the recently published description. 



