32. PRIONITURUS. 4 1 7 



G. 11. Or. Hand-Hat, ii. p. 141, n. 8045 (1870) ; Wall. Tr. Zool. Sue. 



viii. p. 32 (1872) ; Bruggem. Abh. Brem. v. p. 40 (1870) ; Lenz, 



Journ. f. Om. 1877, p. 363; Meyer, Ibis, 1679, pp. 51, 145; 



Rchnw. Vogetbild. t. xxvii. f. 4 (1878-83); id. Journ. f. Om. 



1881, p. 255 (CoTisp. Psitt. p. 143); Bias. Journ. f. Om. 1883, 



]). 134; Meyer, Sitzb. u. Abh. Gee. Isis, 1884, Abh. i. p. 6; 



Guillem. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 543 ; Bias. Zeitsehr. f. qes. Om. 1885, 



pp. 212, 213, figs. 3, 7, p. 218 (fig. of the head), i886, p. 83 ; id. 



Ornis, iv. p. 560 (1888). 

 Prionitunis discurus, Wall, (nee Vieill.) Ibis, 1860, p. 141 (N. Celebes). 

 Psittacus discosurus, Temm. (?iec Vieill.) in Mus. Lugd. (fide Sclater, 



I. ft). 

 Eclectus fiavicans, Sohleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 45 (1864) ; id. op. 



cit Bevue, p. 24 (1874); Gieb. Thes. Om. ii. p. 74 (1875). 

 Pionias fiavicans, Fimeli, Papag. ii. p. 3U9 (1868). 

 Prionitunis fiavinuchus, Rosenb. Reise nach Celebes (fide Finsch, 



Papag. ii. p. 401). 



Adult male. Green, head brighter ; neck, interscapular region, 

 and upper breast olive-brown ; pileum blue, with a bright red spot 

 on the vertex ; back, scapulars, uropygium, upper tail-coverts, and 

 wiugs green; lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts paler 

 green ; first primary edged with bluish green on the outer web ; 

 tail above green, with a black band at the tip of the lateral 

 feathers: spatule of the two middle tail-feathers black; tail and 

 quills underneath verditer-green : " bill whitish slate; tarsus slate " 

 (Guillemard). Total length from the bill to the tip of the two 

 middle tail-feathers about 15 - 6 inches, to the tip of the lateral tail- 

 feathers 12 - 2, wing 7 - 4, middle fail-feathers 6 - 8, lateral tail-feathers 

 3-8, bill 0-96, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but wants the red spot on the 

 vertex ; the bluo colour of the pileum is less extended and not so 

 bright. 



Young. Like the female, but the two middle tail-feathers, which 

 are longer than the lateral ones and narrower at the tip, have the 

 webs entire, so that there is no distinct spatule. 



llah. Celebes, Togian Islands, and perhaps also the Sanghir 

 Islands. 



a, b, c. <5 2 ad- sk. Menado, N. Celebes. "Wallace Coll. 



d, e. Ad.sk. Menado (A. B. Wal- Tweeddale ColL 



lace). 



f. <$ ad. sk. Celebes. Gould Cell. 



g. Ad. sk. Celebes. I'm chased. 



h, i. Ad. sk. Celebes. R. B. Sharpe, Esq.,LL.D. 



[P.]. 



/.-. Ad. sk. Celebes. Zoological Society's Coll. 



3. Pricniturus discurus. 



Psittacus discurus, Vieill. Gal. des Ois. i. p. 7, pi, 26 (previous t>> 



L823) (Mindanao) : id. Enc. Mith. iii. p. 1869 (1823). 

 Psittacus discosurus, M'agl. Mon. P.-itt. \>. 524 (1N52). 

 Psittacus spatuliger, to m., Bourj. Pur. pi, 53 bis (Mindanao) (1837- 



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