31. GEOFFROYCS. 409 



<>,/. Ad.sk. Mysol (A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



g, A. d 2 acl - sk - Mysol. Wallace Coll. 



»'. Ad. sk. Mysol. Purchased. 



9. Geoffroyus jobiensis. 



Eclectus persouatus (part.), Schley. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 4 

 (1871) ; id. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, pp. 18 and following (b, 

 specimens from Jobi) (1874) ; Sosenb. (nee Shaw), Reist. naar 

 Geelvinlcb. p. 55 (1875) ; id. Zoolog. Gart. 1878, p. 345 (partim). 



Pionias pucherani, var. jobiensis, Meyer, Sitzb. k. Ak. Wtssenseh. 

 Wien, lxx. p. 225 (1874) (type examined). 



Pionias pucherani (part.), Meyer, Sitzb. Isis Dresd. 1875, p. 77. 



Geoffroyus jobiensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 30, n. 41 

 (187f ) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 187 (1880) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 

 1885, p. (520; Biittik. Not. Leyd. Mus. viii. p. 61 (1886) ; Salvad. 

 Mem. R. Ac. So. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 164 (1889). 



Rhodocephalus jobiensis, Rchnw. Journ. f. Om. 1881, p. 250 (Consp* 

 Psitt. p. 138) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 66 (1883). 



Very much like G. pucherani, from whicb it differs in having the 

 uropygium of a brighter red, the axillaries and under wing-coverta 

 of a much brighter blue, the interscapular region washed more or 

 less with brown ; also in this species there is sometimes a brown 

 spot on the smaller wing-coverts. The female has a brown head 

 like that of G. pucherani. Total length 1U inches, wing 6'8, tail 

 3-1, bill 0-85, tarsus 0*65. 



Hob. Jobi Island. 



a. S ad. sk. Ausus, Jobi (Dr. A. B. Meyer). Tsveeddale Coll, 



(Typical specimen.) 



10. Geoffroyus mysorensis. 



Eclectus persouatus (part.), Schley. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 4 



(1871); id. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 18 (b, specim. from 



Mysore, p. 21) (1874) ; Rosenb. Zoolog, Gart. 1878, p. 345 (partim). 

 Pionias pucherani, var. mysorensis, Meyer, Sitzb. k, Ak. Wtssenseh. 



Wien, lxx. p. 225 (1874) (type examined). 

 Pionias pucherani, var. maforensis, Meyer, Sitzb. k. Ak. Wtssenseh. 



Wien, lxx. p. 225 (1874) (type examined). 

 Pionias pucherani (part.), Meyer, Sitzb. Isis Dresd. 1875, p. 77. 

 (leotlrovus mvsorensis, Salvad. Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. x. p. 30, n. 42 



(1877) : id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 188 (1880) : lliittik. Not. Lead. 



Mus. viii. p. (51 (1880); Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl. 



p. 164 (1889). 

 Geoffroyus maforensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Sen. x. p. 30, n. 43 



(1877). 

 Rhodocephalus mvsorensis, Rchntc. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 251 



(Consp. Psitt. p." 13'.)) ; id. VuyMild. Nachtr. 66 (1883). 



Similar to G. pucherani, but of a much darker green colour; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries of a much deeper blue; brown- 

 red spot on the wing-coverta always present and very conspicuous. 



The malt has t he blue colour on the hind part of the head generally 

 deeper than in V. pucherani, and extended lower down on the hind 



