38. APE0SM1CTUS. 489 



d, e. 2 ad. et d Goldie River. C. Hunstein, Esq. [C.]. 



imm. sk. 

 /. c? ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts., June Tweeddale Coll. 



(A. Goldie). 

 y. Irani, sk. Astrolabe Mts. Dr. liomilly [P.]. 



3. Aprosmictus callopterus. 



Aprosraictus callopterus, D' 'Alb. e Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xiv. 



p. 29, n. 10 (1879) ; Gould, B. New Guin. pt. x. pi. 1 (1879) ; 



Pchmo. u. Schal. Journ. f. Orn. 1879, p. 312; Salvad.. Orn. Pap. e 



Mol. i. p. 135 (1880) ; id. Ibis, 1881, p. 287; id. Ann. Mm. Civ. 



Gen. xviii. p. 418, u. 3 (1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 514 



(1882) ; Meyer, Zeitschr. f. yes. Orn. iii. p. 3 (188G) ; Sa&ud. 



Mem. R. Ac. So. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 159 (1889). 

 Platveereus callopterus, Schnto. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 129 (Cvnsp. 



Psitt. p. G-5) ; id. Voijelbild. Nachtr. 10 (1883). 



Adult male. Head, neck, and under surface carmine-red ; inter- 

 scapular region, uropygiura, and upper tail-coverts bright blue; 

 scapulars black, edged with blue ; wings green, the innermost 

 secondaries and the outermost middle upper wing-coverts very dark, 

 nearly black ; smaller, median, and innermost greater upper wing- 

 coverts yellowish green, forming a large patch on the wing-coverts ; 

 tail above blue-black, underneath black : " bill black, base of the 

 upper mandible red ; feet black ; irides yellow or orange-yellow " 

 (D'Albertis). Total length 14-8 inches, wing 7-7, tail 8-3, bill 0-81, 

 tarsus - 8. 



Fondle. Green ; abdomen red ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 bright blue ; front neck and breast olive-green, with the edges of 

 the feathers red ; tail above blue-black ; under wing-coverts green : 

 " bill black, base of the upper mandible red" (D'Albertis). 



Hah. Central New Guinea, along the Fly Hiver, and also the 

 northern coast between long. 130° 30' and 137° E. {Meyer). 



4. Aprosmictus amboinensis. 



Psittaca amboinensis coccinea, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 378, t. 28. f. 2 



(1700). 

 Paittaens amboinensis, Linn. S. X. i. p. 141, n. 9 (1700); Bodd. 



Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 14 (1783); Gm. S. JV. i. p. 316 (17 — ) ; Lath. 



Ind. Orn. i. p. 86 (1790); Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 407, var. 



(1811); Bechst. Kurze Uehere. p. 67 (1811); VieiU. Enc. Mith 



p. 1382 (1823) ; Temm. Tabl. Mith. p. 00 (1839). 

 Perruche rouge d'Aiuboine, D'Aubent. I'l. Enl. 240. 

 Lori Perruche tricolor, Baft. Hist. Nat. Ois. \i. p. 138 (1779). 

 Amboina red Parrot, Lath. Sun. i. p. 210 (1781); id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 118 (1822). 

 Platjcercus amboinensis, Wagl. Man. Psitt. p. 539 (1832); Q R 



Gr. Gen. Ii. ii. p. 40S, n. 20 (1840); Wall. Ibis, 1860, p. 300, 



L861, p. 28.3: id. P.Z.S. L864, p. 282 (partim); Schleg. Mm. 



P.-li. Psittaci, p. 90 (partim) (1864); Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 156 



(partim) (1865); Schley. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 184 (partim) 



