404 PSITTACTD^E . 



4. Geoffroyus aruensis. 



Psittacus aruensis, G. R. Gr. P. Z. 8. 1858, pp. 183, 196 ; id. Cat, B. 



New Guin. pp. 42, 60 (1859) ; id. List Psitt. Brit. Mas. p. 72 



(1859) ; id, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 437. 

 Geiffroyus aruensis, Select. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 227; Rosenb. Journ. f. 



Orn. 1862, p. 63 ; id. Nat, Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. pp. 145, 226, 



n. 28 (1863) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 115 ; id. Reis naar Zuid- 



oostereil. p. 48 (1867) ; Salvad. e D'Alb. Ann. Mus, Civ. Gen, vii. 



p. 810 (1875) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen, ix. p. 12 (1876), x. 



p. 29, n. 38 (1877) ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiii. p. 309 



(1878), p. 491, sp. 11 (1878) ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn, Soc. N. S. W. 



iii. p. 252 (1878-79), iv. p. 96 (1879) ; V Alb. e Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 36 (1879) ; Shaipe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. 



xiv. p. 685 (1879) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 175 (1880) ; 



Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi. p. 426 (1882) ; Meyer, Zeitschr. 



f. yes. Orn. 1884, p. 273 ; Biittik. Not, Leyd. Mus. viii. p. 61 



(1886) ; Salvad. Mem. Ac Sc. Tor. (2) xl. p. 163 (1889) ; Tristr. 



Cat, Coll. B. p. 78 (1889). 

 Geoffroyus personatus, part., Wall. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 283. 

 Eclectus personatus aruensis, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 43 



(1864). 

 Psittacus rhodops, part., Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 156 (1856). 

 Eclectus personatus, part., Schley. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierlc. iii. p. 332 



(1866), iv. p. 4 (partim) (1871); id. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, 



p. 18 (partim) (1874) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 76 (partim) (1875). 

 Pionias personatus, part., Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 375 (1868). 

 Geoffrey aruensis, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 160, n. 8272 (1870). _ 

 Geoffroyus pucherani, Shaipe (nee Bp.), Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool, xiii. 



p. 80"(1876). 

 Ilhodocephalus aruensis, Rchnw. Journ, f. Orn. 1881, p. 249 (Consp. 



Psitt, p. 137) ; id, Voyelbild. Nachtr. 65 (1883). 



Adult male. Green, underneath paler : forehead and cheeks red ; 

 vertex and hind part of the head bright lilac-blue ; a brown spot on 

 the wing-coverts : " iris pale yellow ; upper mandible orange-red, 

 under mandible black ; feet greenish lead " (UAlbertis). Total 

 length 9-8 to 8-5 inches, wing 6"2 to 6-68, tail 2-6 to 2-9, bill 0-88 

 to 0-96, tarsus 0-65. 



Female. Head brown, with a slight tinge of greenish on the lower 

 part of the cheeks: "bill black" (D'Albertis) or "dusky olive" 

 ( \Va llace). 



Young. Has the upper part of the head green like the back, and 

 no brown spot on the smaller wing-coverts. 



Hah. Aru Islands and Southern New Guinea. 



This species is much smaller than either G. keyensis or G. 

 timorlaoensis, and besides it has the under wing-coverts of a much 

 brighter blue ; the upper tail-coverts purer green, with no yellowish 

 tinge. The adult female is easily distinguished by the head being 

 of a darker brown, with no greenish tinge on the upper part ; the 

 brown spot on the wing-coverts is present also in the female. 



a, b. J $ ad. sk. Aru Inlands. AVallace Coll. (Types 



of species.) 

 c <3 ad. sk. Aru Islands. Wallace Coll. 



