494 PSITTACIDJE. 



£ 4 (1878-83) ; id. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 131 (Consp. Psitt. p. 62) ; 



Finsck, Yoy. Chcdleng., Birds, p. 41 (1881). 

 Aprosmictus splendens, Souance, Rev. et Mar/, de Zool. 1856, p. 211 : 



Bn. Naumannia, 1856, C'onsp. Psitt. n. 167; Cass. U.S.E.vpl. Exp., 



Mamm. fy Orn. p. 287, pi. xx. f. 1 (1858). 

 Pyrrhulcpsis splendens, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 158, 375; G. P. Gr. 



Hand-list, ii. p. 139, n. 8016 (1870) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 683; 



Garrod, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 587 ; Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 436; Sclat. 



P. Z. S. 1876, p. 308 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 109 ; Garrod, Coll. 



Sc. Pap. p. 248 (1881) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 335 (1883) ; 



Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 78 (1889). 

 Platycercus tabuensis (part.), Schleff. Mas. P.-B., Psittaci, p. 89 (ind. 



n. 2) (1861) ; id. op.cit. Revue, p. 36 (part.) (1874). 



Adult male. Head and all the under surface crimson ; across the 

 nape a blue band ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and wings green ; 

 primaries and their coverts blue, the outermost secondaries also 

 blue, the next ones green, tinged with blue along the middle ; under 

 wing-coverts bluish green ; tail above blue, with a green tinge 

 towards the base, especially of the central tail-feathers ; quills and 

 tail underneath black : " irides orange ; bill and feet black " 

 (Layard). Total length about 18 inches, wing 9"3, tail 8-5, bill 

 1-18, tarsus 0-92. 



Adult female. Like the male, only smaller. 



Young. Like the adult bird in colouring : the bill apparently 

 horny brown. 



Hub. Fiji Islands: Viti Levu and Kandavu. 



Some specimens show the feathers of the rump edged with 

 cherry-red. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Fiji Islands. Purchased. 



c. <$ ad. sk. M bau, Fiji, August (J. Tweeddale Coll. 



BrenchJey). 



d, e. Ad. et juv. M'bau, Fiji, August. J. Brenchlev, Esq. 

 sk. [V.l 



f-i. c? $ ad. sk. Kandavu. ' Challenger ' Exped. 



k. cJad.sk. [var.]. Kandavu, August (E. L. Tweeddale Coll. 



Layard). 

 I, m, n. S 2 a d. Kandavu, April, August Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. (E. L. Layard). 



o,p. $ ad. sk. Pewa river, March, June Tweeddale Coll. 



(E. L. Layard). 

 q. (5 ad. sk. Pewa river, June. E. L. Layard, Esq. 



[C.]. 



2. Pyrrhulopsis tabuensis. 



Tabuan Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 214, n. 16, pi. 7 (1781) (Tonga 

 Tabboo); id. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 115 (part.), pi. 22 (1822). 



Psittacus tabuensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 317, n. 56 (1788) ; Lath. Itid. 

 Orn. i. p. 88, n. 19 (sine var. /3) (1790) ; Beehst. Kurze Uebers. i. 

 p. 986, pi. 9 (1811); Vieill. N. D. xxv. p. 340 (part.) (1817); 

 ?Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 57 (1820) ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1382 

 (part), pi. 221. f. 4 (1823); Yoiyt, Cut. Uebers. p. 731 (1831). 



Psittacus atroj urpureus, Shaw, Mits. Lever, p. 140 (with pi.) (1792) : 

 id. Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 409 (1811). 



