388 psittacid^:. 



/*. Tail-feathers very broad. 



c 7 . Tail-feathers almost equally 



long 37. Ptistes, p. 481. 



d 7 . Tail much graduated. 



a 3 . Bill weaker, with the upper 

 mandible notched, and 

 more or less red, especially [p. 485. 



at the base 38. Aprosmictus, 



b". Bill stronger, deeper than 

 long, of a black horn-colour, 

 with the- upper mandible [p. 493. 



not notched 39. Pyrrhulopsis, 



b'". Plumage above, or even below, more 



or less banded ; tail moderate ; bill not [p. 498. 



notched 40. Psittacella, 



b"- Tail short, about one-third the length of 

 the wing. 

 c"\ Bill moderately swollen on the sides; 



upper mandible notched 41. Psittinus, p. 500. 



d'". Bill much swollen, nearly globose ; 



upper mandible not notched, but deeply [p. 503. 



sinuated along the edges 42. Bolbopsittacus, 



b'. No distinct ridge or keel along the middle 



of the gonys ; tail short, with a subterminal [p. 506. 



black band 43. Agapornis, 



6. Bill thin, longer than deep ; upper mandible 

 long and very little curved ; gonys much 

 slanting upwards and nearly straight ; under 



surface of the quills and tail-feathers ver- [p. 515. 



diter-blue ; size small 44. Loriculus, 



30. ECLECTUS. 



Type. 



Mascarinus (part.), Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 188 (1831). 



Eclectus, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 495 (1832) E. pectoralis. 



Psittacodis, Wagl. ibid, (part.) (1832) ; Bp. Consp. Gen. 



Av. i. p. 4 (1850) E. pectoralis. 



Polychlorus, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 226 ... .. E. pectoralis. 



Muscarinus (errore), G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 157 



(1870) E. pectoralis. 



Range. The Moluccas, Tenimber Islands, and the Papuan Islands. 



Eclectus rodericanus, A. Milne- Edw. Ann. Sc. Nat. (5) vii. p. 154 (1867) ; 



xix. Art. 3, p. 17(1874). 

 Necropsittacus rodericanus, A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 41 ; A. <f E. Newt. 

 Bis, 1876, pp. 287, 289 ; Giinth. § E. Newt. Phil. Trans, vol. 168. p. 429, 

 pi. xlii. ff. K-N(1879); E. Newt. Trans. Norf. $ Norm. Nat. Soc.iv. 

 p. 550 (1888.) 

 First known from a portion of the upper mandible, and then from a nearly 

 complete skull and other bones. From a manuscript found in the Archives of 

 the Ministere de la Marine at Paris, it appears that this Parrot was still living 

 in Rodriguez at a not very distant date ; it was larger than a Pigeon, and it had 

 the tail very long, and the head and bill very large. 



The affinities of this form to Palceornis, first shown by Prof. A. Milne- 

 Edwards on what seemed to be slender evidence, were fully confirmed on the 

 examination by Dr. GHinther and Sir Edward Newton of further remains sub- 

 sequently obtained from the caves of Eodriguez, where they occur with those of 

 Pezophaps. 



