392 PSITTACID^E. 



Orn. 1885, p. 31; Guillem. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 620; Salvad. Mem. 



R. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 165 (1889) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 



p. 76 (1889). 

 ? Eclectus grandis, Bernst. {nee Gm.) Dagboek, p. 144 (1883). 

 Eclectus intermedins, part., Mussc/ie?ibr. in Bernst. Dagboek, p. 256 



(1883). 



Adult male. Green ; sides, under wing-coverts, and axillaries red ; 

 edge of the wing blue ; primaries and their coverts dark blue, with 

 the outer web edged with green ; secondaries green on the outer 

 web, dark blue at the tip aud on the inner web ; the innermost, 

 remiges near the scapulars green ; tail tipped with yellowish, 

 middle tail-feathers green, the others blue with the outer web more 

 or less green ; the external web of the outer tail-feather blue, with 

 no green colour, or scarcely any ; tail and quills underneath black : 

 " iris red ; upper mandible vermilion, under mandible black ; feet 

 black" (D'Albertis). Total length 18-6 to 16-5 inches, wing 10-8 

 to 9-8, tail 5-7 to 4-9, bill 1-8 to 1-6, tarsus 0-9 to 0-87. 



Adult female. Head, neck, and upper breast bright red ; a narrow 

 ring of feathers round the eyes, a band across the upper back, lower 

 breast, abdomen, edge of the wing, and under wing-coverts blue, 

 sometimes with a purplish tinge ; back, uropygium, upper tail- 

 coverts, wing-coverts, and secondaries blood-red ; primaries and their 

 coverts blue, edged with green on the outer web ; tip and part of 

 the inner web of the outermost secondaries blue, the innermost 

 secondaries greenish on the inner web ; tail above blood-red with 

 the tip lighter red, underneath dusky towards the base, and with 

 golden reflexions in the middle : " iris pale yellow ; bill and feet 

 black " (D'Albertis). Total length 15 - 7 to 14 inches, wing 10*4 to 

 9-1, tail 4-9 to 4-3, bill 1-7 to 1-6, tarsus 9 to 0-87. 



Hah. The Papuan Islands — New Guinea and Waigiou, Guebeh, 

 Batanta, Salawatty, M}sol, on the west ; Mafor, Mysori, Miosnom, 

 in Geelvink Bay ; Koohr, Ke Islands, and Aru Islands, on the 

 south ; Normanby Island, New Britain, New Hanover, New Ireland, 

 and Solomon Islands on the east. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Zoological Society's 



Coll. 



b. 2 ad. st. Dorey {A. B. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Dorey. Wallace Coll. 



d. <$ ad. sk. Waigiou. Wallace Coll. 



e. J ad. sk. Salawattv, Julv. Tweeddale Coll. 

 /. d ad. sk. Mysol. " Wallace Coll. 

 (j-l. d 2 ad. et Aru Islands. Wallace Coll. 



imm. sk. 



m. d ad. sk. Wokan, Aru Islands. Challenger Exped. 



n, o. J $ ad. sk. Duke of York Island, Oct. Tweeddale Coll. 



(Rev. G. Brown). 



p. Juv. sk. New Britain, March. Rev. G. Brown [C.]. 



q. <S ad. sk. New Ireland. C. L. Layard [CV]. 



r, s. Ad. et imm. St. George's Bay, Ysabel Isl., J. Brenchley, Esq. 



sk. Sept. HP.]. 



t. Ad. sk. YsaLel Island, Aue\ J Brenchley, Esq. 



[P.]. " q 



u, v. Ad. sk. [Philippine Islands.] Purchased. 



