31. GE0FFR0TUS. 399 



Eclectus corneliae, Finsch, Papag, ii. p. 348 (1868) ; id. P. Z. S. 1869, 



p. 128; Meyer, Zool. Gart. 1874, p. 161; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. 



p. 74 (187-5) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1877, p. 283 ; Salvad. Ibis, 1877, p. 475 ; 



Rosenb. Zool. Gart. 1878, p. 345 ; Rchnio. Jourri. f. Orn. p. 253 



(Consp. Psitt. p. 141) (partim) ; id. Vogelbild. Nacb.tr. 68 (1883) ; 



Meyer, Zeitschr.f. ivissensch. Zool. xxxvii. pp. 156 and following- 



(1882). 

 Eclectus polychlorus (part.), Meyer, Zool. Gart. 1874, p. 161. 

 Eclectus westermanni (part. ), Musschenbr. in Bemst. Daoboek, p. 256 



(1883). ¥ ' l 



Adult female. Red ; head, neck, and lower parts, including the 

 under tail-coverts, brighter ; back, uropygium, and upper tail- 

 coverts darker ; edge of the wing, primaries, and their coverts deep 

 blue ; secondaries red, with the inner web dark green ; outermost 

 secondaries blue, with the base of the outer web green ; under 

 wing-coverts red, more or less mixed with blue ; tail red with the 

 tip a little lighter, underneath golden red : " iris yellowish, with an 

 outer ring red ; bill black ; feet dusky " (Finsch). Total length 

 15-7 inches, wing 10-4, tail 5-9, bill 1-4, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Unknown, but most likely one of the Moluccas or Papuan 

 Islands. 



This bird is also only known from specimens kept in confine- 

 ment, and it has been supposed that it might be the female of 

 E. westermanni, of which only male specimens are known ; but the 

 much larger size of E. cornelia renders this very improbable. Dr. 

 Meyer thought that the specimens called E. cornelia might be 

 females of one of the known species, which had lost their proper 

 colouring through having been kept in confinement. I cannot 

 express myself positively on the subject, but I am inclined to 

 believe that E. cornelia is a distinct species, having some likeness to 

 several allied forms. It is interesting to point out that while the 

 bright blue edge of the wing would indicate some resemblance of 

 E. cornelia to E. pectoralis, the dark red colour of the back, wings, 

 and tail would show near relation to E. cardinalis, and finally that 

 the want of the blue or purple band on the upper back and the want 

 of the same colour on the breast or abdomen show near relation 

 to E. riedelii. 



a. Ad. st. Moluccas ? Zoological Society. 



31. GEOFFROYUS. 



Tvpe. 



Geoffroyus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 6 (1850) G. perso'natus. 



Psittacus, (surjg-en.) Geoffrov, Gray, List Psitt. Brit. 



Mus. p. 71 (1859). 

 Rhodoceplialus, Rchnw. Joiirn. f. Orn. 1881, p. 247 



(=Geoffroyus, Bp.) *. G. personatus. 



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

 Group. 





