38. APROSMICTUS. 491 



6. Aprosmictus dorsalis. 



Psittaeus (Platycercus) dorsalis, Quay et Gaim. Voy. Astro!., Zool. i. 



p. 234, pi. 21. f. 3 (1830) (type examined). 

 Platycercus tabuensis, Less, (nee Gin.) Tr. d'Orn. p. 207 (1831) 



(ex Nova Guinea). 

 ? Conurus dorso-caeruleus, Bourj. Pen: pi. 41 (1837-38) (ex Nova 



Guinea). 

 Platycercus dorsalis, Less. Compl. de Huff. 2nd ed., Ois. p. 611 (1838) ; 



G".R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 194 ; id. Cat. B. New Gain. p. 59 (1859) ; 



id. P. Z. S. 1801, p. 430; Bernst. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxvii. 



p. 297(1864); Wall. P.Z.8. 1804, p. 282; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. 



Psittaci, p. 91 (1864) ; Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 156 (1865) ; Schleg. 



Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 184 (1800) ; G. R. Gr. Sand-list, ii. 



p. 139, n. 8012 (1870) ; Meyer, Sitzb. Isis zu Dresd. 1875, p. 76; 



Rosenb. Reist. nnar Geehinkb. p. 83 (1875) ; Cab. u. Rchnw. 



Jburn. f. Orn. 1870, p. 324, n. 71 ; Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, 



p. 129 {Cansp. Psitt. p. 65); id. VogelbUd. Nachtr. 10 (1883). 

 Psittacus dorsalis, S. Mull. Verh. Laud- en Volkenk. pp. 22, 107 



(1839-44). 

 Aprosmictus amboinensis, Selat. (nee Linn.) Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc. 



ii. p. I04,n. 102 (1858). 

 Platycercus amboinensis, G. R. Gr. (nee Linn.) Cat. B. New Gum. 



p. 38 (1859); id. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 158 ; id. List Psitt. Brit. 



Mus. p. 10 (1859) (ex Nova Guinea); Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 249 



(1808). 

 Aprosmictus dorsalis, Selat. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 227; Wall. Ens, 1861, 



p. 311; Rosenb. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, pp. 03, 64, 67; id. Nat. 



Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. pp. 143, 222 (1803) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 



1804, p. 112, n. 1 ; Selat. Ibis, 1874. p. 418; Salvnd. Ann. Mus. 



Civ. Gen. vii. p. 754 (1875), x. p. 27, n. 29, p. 119 (1877): id. 



Om. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 140 (1880), iii. p. 515 (1882); NeArk. 



Journ. t. Om. 1885, p. 31 ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 619 : Meyer, 



Vogel-'Skelett. t. Ixvi. (1879-88) ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. tor. 



ser. 2, xl. p. 159 (1889). 



Adult. Very similar to A. amboinensis, but much smaller, and 

 •with no red edges on the inner webs of the lateral tail-feathers ; 

 the carmine-red colour of the head, neck, and under surface some- 

 what deeper: bill black, base of the tipper mandible red; feet 

 blackish. Total length 15 # 7 to 4*9 inches, wing ~b to 7'1, tail 7-5 

 to 7-:3, bill 09, tarsus 0-65. 



Female and Young. Have the interscapular region green, with 

 the feathers more or less edged with blue; tail-feathers tipped 

 with red. 



Huh. North-western New Guinea and the surrounding western 

 Papuan Islands — Salawatty, Batanta, Waigiou, and Gheniien. 



a. Ad. st. New Guinea. Baron Laugier's Coll. 



/,. Ad.sk. A. R. Wallace, Esq. C.]. 



e, J, e. 2 &d. et Dorey. A. K. Wallace, Esq. I '. ■ 



juv. sk. * 



* This young specimen lias the bill entirely reddish, like the Sula birds. 



