384 psittacwje. 



Female. Smaller. 

 Huh. Comoro Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Anjuan Island. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Anjuan Island (Kirk). Lord Russell [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Anjuan Island (Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Grand Comoro (Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



4. Coracopsis barklyi. 



Coracopsis barklvi, E. Neivt. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 346, pi. xxii. ; id. Ibis, 

 1867, pp. 341,359; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 473, 1871, p. 36, 1874, 

 p. 496 ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 587 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 62 ; 

 A. $ E. Newt. Ibis, 1876, pp. 282, 288 ; Oust. Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) 

 i. p. 101(1877) ; Hnrtl. Vbg. Madag. p. 231 (1877); Oust. Bull. 

 Soc. Philom. (7) ii. p. 164 (1878); Sclat. P.Z. S. 1879, p. 300; 

 Rchnw. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 261 (Consp. Psitt. p. 149); id. Vogel- 

 bild. Nachtr. 70 (1883) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 336 (1883) ; 

 Milne-Edw. et Oust. Nouv. Arch. Mus. (2) x. p. 229 (1889). 



Psittacus barklyi, Finsch, Papaq. ii. 2, p. 954 (1868) ; Schleg. et 

 Poll. Rech. Faun. Madag. p. 157 (1868); Gicb. Thes. Orn. iii. 

 p. 333 (1877). 



Vaza barkleyi, G. R. Gr. Hand-list. ii. p. 160, n. 8267 (1870). 



Coracopsis barkleyi, Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 78 (1890). 



Adult. Like C. comorensis in colouring, but much smaller ; pale 

 brown ; pileum with obsolete paler spots ; primaries greyish on their 

 outer webs : bill horny brownish ; feet black. Total length about 

 12 inches, wing 8, tail 5*3, bill 0"85, tarsus 0-65. 



Hah. Praslin, Seychelles Islands. 



a, b. S $ ad. sk. Seychelles (E. Newton). Shelley Coll. 



c. Ad sk. Seychelles. Shelley Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Seychelles. Tweeddale Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Praslin, Seychelles Tristram Coll. 



( Warn/), 

 f. Ad. sk. Praslin, Seychelles. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



(A typical specimen ; mentioned 

 in the original description.) 



5. Coracopsis sibilans. 



Coracopsis barklvi, E. Newt. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 296, 302 (Anjuan 

 Island) (nee P. Z. S. 1867, p. 346, pi. xxii.) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1879, 



?Cc 



Islar 



p. 675, n. 6 (Grand Comoro and Anjuan). 

 Coracopsis sibilans, MUne-Edw. et Oust. Compt. Rend. ci. p. 220 

 (1885) ; iid. Ann. Sc. Nat., Zool. ser. vii. t. ii. art. n. 5, p. 214 

 (1887) ; iid. Nouv. Arch. Mus. (2) x. p. 227 (1889). 



Very much like C. barklyi, from which it can only be distin- 

 guished by the browner colour of the wings and especially of the 

 primaries, which want the greyish tinge peculiar to the other 

 species. Total length about 12 inches, wing 7'6 to 6-9, tail 5-5, 

 bill 0-90 to 0-75, tarsus 0-65. 



Hah. Grand Comoro and Anjuan Island. 



