414 PSITTACIDiE. 



wings a yellowish-white spot ; wing-coverts with a slight patch of 

 yellowish brown ; cheeks and chin paler green, like the under 

 surface ; abdomeu shaded with brown ; under tail-coverts pale 

 green shaded with yellowish ; upper surface of the tail green, below 

 greenish yellow ; bill, cere, feet, and nails black. Total length 11-4 

 inches, wing G - 4, tail 3 - 6, bill 1, tarsus 0-56. 



Female. Like the male, but smaller, with no bluish collar, the 

 pileuni and cheeks slightly tinged with bluish ; upper parts with no 

 blackish tinge : " iris pale yellow ; bill black ; feet greenish or 

 lead-colour " (D'Albcrtis). Total length 9-4 inches, wing 6, 

 tail 3"35. 



Hah. New Guinea, from the Arfak Mountains to East Cape. 



A specimen from East Cape collected by Mr. C. Hunstein 

 seems to belong to this species, although it has no brownish or 

 blackish tinge either on the back or on the wings and abdomen : it 

 is labelled female, but as it has a bluish-grey collar, better defined in 

 front of the neck, I should say that it is a male. It may, however, 

 be different from the Arfak bird. 



«. [$ ] ad. sk. East Cape, New Guinea. Hr. C. Hunstein [C.]. 



32. PRIONITURUS. 



Type. 



Prioniturus, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 490 (1832) P. platurus. 



TJrodiscus, Bp. Rev. ct May. de Zool. 1854, p. 155 .... P. discurus. 



Range. From the Philippines, including Palawan and the Sooloo 

 Islands, to the Sanghir Islands, Celebes, the Togian Islands, and 

 Eouton Island. 



Key to the Species. 



a. General colour green, but not yellow-green. 

 a'. "Wing-coverts greenish grey; a golden-yellow 

 band across the interscapular region ; a red 



spot on the vertex ; occiput bluish grey .. platurus tf, p. 415. 

 V . Wing-coverts green. 



a". The head entirely green in the adult bird, platurus $ , p. 415. 

 b". The head not entirely green in the adult 

 bird. 

 a"'. Head partly blue. 



a*. Neck and breast olive-brown. 



a 5 . Crown blue, with a red spot in the 



middle Jfarirans c? , p. 416. 



l h . Crown blue, with no red spot .... Jlavicans £ , p. 41G. 

 b*. No olive-brown colour on the breast; 

 no red spot on the middle of the 

 crown. 

 c 5 . Blue or violet colour of the head 

 confined to the crown. 

 a'\ Crown blue. 



a". Crown blue to the occiput; ["p. 417. 



forehead green discurus <3 $ , 



b~ . Crown from the anterior margin 

 of the forehead to the occiput 

 blue sulue?isis, p. 419. 



