31. GEOFFRorcrs. 411 



Gen. vii p. 757 (1875) ; Salvad. e D'Alb. Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. 

 vii. p. 811 (18/5); Salvad. op. eit. x. p. 30, n. 45 (1877) ; id. Orn. 



S85o*iS*« p> 191 (1S80 ) ; Iichnw - roffeMd.t.xxvu.f.7, 8 

 irn> ' Gudlnn - r - & S. 1885, p. 563 ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. 

 Sc.Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 104 (1880) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 78 (New 

 Guinea !) (1889). * v 



Psittacua (GeofiToyua) cyaneicollis, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1800, p 358 

 Eclectus cyanicollis, Schlep. Mm. P.-B. Paittaci, p. 44(1804)- id 

 Ned Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 3:34 (partim) ( 180.i) ; id. Mm. P.-B 

 Psittaci, Revue, p. 22 (1874); Gicb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 74 (1875): 

 Mosenb. Zoolog. Gart. 1878, p. 345 (partim). 

 Pionias cyanicollis, Finsch, Pttpag. ii. p. 387 (1808) 

 geoffroy cyanicollis, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 160,' n. 8275 (1870) 

 Khodocephalus cyanicollis, Rchnw. Joum. f. Orn. 1881, \ 248 

 {Consp. Petit, p. 186). F " 



Adult male. Green; interscapular region, lower back, and sides of 

 the breast more or less tinged with brown-olive ; forehead and 

 cheeks red; crown and ear-coverts tinged with lilac; a broad 

 collar round the nape greenish blue; a bluish tinge also in front of 

 the neck ; lower breast and abdomen green with a slight tin-e of 

 blue ; under tad-coverts yellowish green, edged with bluish towards 

 the tip ; wings green, with an obsolete brown spot on the smaller 

 upper wing-coverts ; axillaries and under wing-coverts blue the same 

 colour appears along the cubital and carpal edges of the wing • quills 

 underneath blackish ; tail yellowish green : upper mandible red 

 under mandible reddish brown or black ; feet dusky. Total length 

 11-4 to 11-8 inches, wing 7'1, tail 7"7, bill 0-95, tarsus 0-7 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the head dusky 

 grey, tinged with lilac on the vertex, and with olive on the lower 

 part of the cheeks and on the chin ; bill dusky. In size somewhat 

 smaller than the male. 



Hub. The Moluccas— Halmahera, Batchian, Morty. 



a, i.Ad sk. Halmahera (H. Rosenberg). Tweeddale Coll 



c Ad sk. Qiblo (A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



Iii 7Z 'o '.A t n l0l u°- Wallace Coll. 



e r\ f ? ad - sk - Batchian. WaUace GoU 



i. Ad. sk. Batchian (A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



13. Geoffroyus obiensis. 

 E( (18e6 8 ) Cyan ' C0llis ' var - b > 8cMe 9- Xe(l - Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 334 



Pwnhw obiensis, Finsch, Papa,,, ii. p. 389 (1808) (types examined) 

 Geollroy obiensis, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 160, ii. 8279 (1*70) 

 Lclectus ; cyanicol.is ^part., Schleg. Mm. l'.-B. Psittaci, Revue, i. 22 



Lt l\,a£Jl7 £-'; V\ 74 (l,arthn > t 1875 ); ***"*> 



/Aiiaoij. unit, i(->,8, p. 44.) (partim). 

 Geollroy us obiensis, Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen x n "W n dR 

 (1877); id. Orn. Pap.eMoLi. ~ 



