490 PSITTACIDJ5. 



(I860) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 249 (parlim) (1868) ; G. R. Gr. 

 Hand-list, ii. p. 139, n. 8014 (partim) (1870); Schleg. Mus. 

 P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 37 (partim) (1874) ; Gieb. Thes. Om. 

 iii. p. 215 (partim) (1876) ; Rchnw. Journ. f. Om. 1881, p. 128 

 (Consp. Psitt. p. 04) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 16 (1683). 

 Aprosmictus amboinenais, Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 153, 

 n. 165; id. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. n. 163; Bolle, Journ. 

 f. Om. 1856, p. 171; Wall. Ibis, 1861, p. 311; Rosenb. Journ. 

 f. Om. 1862, p. 61 ; Salvad. Om. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 137 (1880) ; 

 'id. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 159 (1889). 



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

 under tail-coverts blue on the hidden bases ; back, scapulars, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, under wing-coverts, and edge of the wing deep 

 blue ; wings green ; tail black-blue, underneath black ; inner web 

 of the two or three outer tail-feathers broadly edged with rosy 

 red : irides yellow ; bill black, with the base of the upper mandible 

 red; feet blackish. Total length 17'7 inches, wing 8-2, tail 9, 

 bill 0-95, tarsus OS. 



Young. Interscapular feathers green, edged with blue. 



Hah. Amboyna and Cerarn. 



a. $ ad. sk. Coram. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. E. Ceram {A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



c. Imm. sk. Amboyna. H. O. Forbes, Esq. 



[C.]. 



5. Aprosmictus huruensis. 



Aprosmictus sp., Rosenb. Journ. f. Om. 1S62, p. 61 (Bourn). 



Aprosmictus amboinensis, Wall, (nee Linn.) P. Z. S. 1863, p. 21. 



Platycercus amboinensis, part., Wall. P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 282, 293 ; 

 Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 90 (partim, specim. from Bouru) 

 (1864); Finsch, NeurGuin. p. 156 (partim) (1805); Schleg. Ned. 

 Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. sp. 184 (partim) (1866); Finsch, Papag. 

 ii.' p. 249 (partim) (1868); G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 137, 

 n. 8014 (1870) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, Re me, p. 37 

 (partim) (1874) ; Gieb. Thes. Om. iii. p. 215 (partim) (1876). 



Apiosmietus buruensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. viii. p. 371 

 (1876), x. p. 27, n. 19 (1877); id. Om. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 138 

 (1880). 



Platycercus buruensis, Rchniv. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 129 (Consp. 

 Psitt. p. 65) ; id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 16 (1883). 



Similar to A. amboinensis, but the bill is either entirely black, or 

 black with the tip of the upper mandible reddish. Total length 

 17-7 to 16-9 inches, wing 8-2, tail 9-4 to 9-1, bill 0-92 to 0-89, 

 tarsus 0-88. 



Hah. Bouru. 



It seems that in this species the interscapular region is always 

 green with the edges of the feathers blue. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Cajeli, Bouru, Nov. H. O. Forbes, Esq. [C.]. 



