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wing-coverts greenish grey, tinged with delicate bluish grey near 

 the bend of the wing ; primaries and their coverts dark green ; 

 secondaries paler green, edged with yellowish, the innermost 

 ones, near the scapulars, yellowish white on the inner web ; 

 middle tail-feathers green, with the spatula green, blue in the 

 middle ; lateral tail-feathers green, with the apical third deep blue ; 

 quills and tail-feathers underneath verditer-green : " iris brown ; 

 bill lead-colour; feet greyish" (Guillemard). Total length to the 

 tip of the middle tail-feathers about 13 inches, to the tip of the 

 lateral tail-feathers 10*5, wing 7, middle tail-feathers 6 - 5, lateral 

 tad-feathers 3*6, bill 0-05, tarsus 062. 



Adult female. Wants the red spot on the vertex, the bluish-grey 

 patch on the occiput, the yellow band across the interscapular 

 region, and the grey tinge on the back, on the scapulars, and on 

 the upper wing-covcrts, all those parts being green, like the 

 remainder of the upper parts ; underparts and tail as in the adult 

 male, only the two racketted middle tail-feathers shorter, their 

 length ranging between 5 and 4*7 inches. 



Young birds resemble the adult females, but have the two middle 

 tail-feathers not much longer than the lateral ones, narrow towards 

 the point, but webbed through their whole length and without a 

 distinct spatula. 



Huh. Celebes, Togian Islands, Siao, and Bouton. 



Prof. Schlegel mentions a specimen from Bouru, but I doubt 

 the accuracy' of the statement. The specimens from Siao have been 

 described by Prof. Schlegel as somewhat different, having the red 

 patch on the vertex broader, and the yellow band across the inter- 

 scapular region broader and brighter. 



2. Prioniturus flavicans. 



Prioniturus flavicans, Cass. Fr. Acad. JVflf. Sc. Fhilad. vi. p. 73 

 (1853) ; id. Journ. Acad. Fhilad. hi. p. In5 (1855) ; Bp. Navman- 

 nia, 1866, Consp. Fsitt. n. 152 ; G. fi. Or. List Fsitt. Brit. Mus 

 p. 18 (1859); Sclat. P. Z 8. 1810, pp. 223, 226 (syn. imer.d.) ; 

 Gould, B. of Asia, vi. pi. 13 (pt. xiv., 1862) ; Wall. F. Z. S. 1864, 

 pp. 284, 293; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisboa, Psittaci, p. 15 (1869) ; 



