394 psittacid^;. 



/. yes. Orn. i. p. 274, Taf. xvi. (pullus) (1884) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 



1885, p. 563 ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl.p. 165 (1889) ; 



Meyer, Ibis, 1890, p. 26, pi. i. 

 Muscarinus (sic) polychlorus, part., G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 158, 



n. 8243(1870). 

 Eclectus cardinalis, Salvad. (nee Bodd.) Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. 



p. 757, n. 2 (nee n. 5) (1875). 



Var iety. 



Perroquet violet, Fermin. Descr.gHn. de Surinam, ii. p. 175 (1769). 

 Violet Lory, Lath. Syn. i. p. 220 (1781); id. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 135 



(1822). 

 Psittacus janthinus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 319, n. 61 (1788). 

 Psittacus guebiensis, var. /3, Lath. Ind. Om. i. p. 90 (1790j. 



Adult male. Scarcely different from the male of E. pectoralis ; 

 the green colour is less pure and has a slight tinge of yellow ; the 

 lateral tail-feathers are generally, but not always, more extensively 

 tinged with blue : iris red ; upper mandible red with yellowish 

 tip, under mandible black; feet black. Total length 16*9 to 16 - 3 

 inches, winglP2 to 10*4, tail 6-3 to 5-9, bill 1-8 to 1-7, tarsus 0-98 

 to 0-91. 



Adult female, lied, the head brighter ; collar round the nape, 

 covering the upper back, lower breast, and abdomen purple ; the 

 upper breast red, tinged with purple; under tail-coverts and a band 

 at the tip of the tail bright yellow ; primaries and their wing- 

 coverts deep blue ; secondaries red on the outer web, blue at the 

 tip and on the inner web : the innermost secondaries, near the 

 scapulars, entirely red ; tail underneath golden red, towards the 

 base dusky : iris yellow ; bill and feet black. Total length 15- 7 

 inches, wing 10, tail 5 - 5, bill P45, tarsus 0-92. 



Hah. The Moluccas, where it is confined to the Halmahera 

 group — Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, March, Morty, Kaisa, Dam- 

 mar, Batchian, and Obi Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Purchased. 



b, c, d. Ad. sk. Gilolo. Wallace Coll. 

 e. Ad. sk. Gilolo (A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



/, g. S 2 a d- sk. Ternate. ' Challenger ' Exped. 



h. Ad. sk. Kaisa Island. "Wallace Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Batchian. Wallace Coll. 



k. 2 ad. sk. Batchian (A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



I. Ad. sk. Batchian. Tweeddale Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. [Philippines.] Baron Laugier Coll. 



n. Skeleton. 



3. Eclectus cardinalis. 



Lorius amboinensis, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 231 (1760) ; Gulliv. P. Z. S. 



1875, p. 489. 

 ? Blue-breasted Parrot, Brown, III. of Zoo I. pi. 6 (1776). 

 Lory dAmboine, VAubent. PI. Enl. 518 ( $ ). 

 Lori cramoisi, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 133 (1779). 

 Crimson Lory, Lath. Syn. i. p. 273, u. 49 (1781); id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 229 (1822). 



