39. PYRKHULOPSIS. 497 



4. Pyrrhulopsis taviunensis. 



? Platycereus tabuensis, Jard. $r Selb. {nee Gin.) III. of Orn. ii. 



pi. 74 (18:50) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 231 (part.) (1808). 

 Pyrrhulopsis hysginus (part.), G. R. Or. Hand-list, ii.p. 139, a. 8017 



(1870). l 



Platycereus splendens (part.), Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 425 (Taviuni). 

 Pyrrhulopsis taviunensis, Layard, apud Sclat. P. Z. S. (March) 1876, 



pp. 307, 308. 

 Platycereus taviunensis, Layard, Ibis, (October) 1876, pp. 141, 331 



(Taviuni) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 729. 

 Platycereus amine (part.), Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 729, 772 : id. Vou. 



Chall., Birds, p. 42 (1881). 

 Platycereus anna, Rchnw. {nee Bourj.) Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 132 



(Consp. Psitt. p. 68). 

 Platycereus tabuensis, Rchnw. VogelMld. t. xvi. f. 1 (1878-83). 

 Platycereus taviuensis, Rchnw. Vbgelbild. in the text of pi. xvi. f. 1 



(1878-83). 

 Pyrrhulopsis bysgina, Iristr. Cat. Coll-. B. p. 78 (Taviuni) (1889). 



Adult male (typo). Similar to P. tabuensis and P. koroensis, but 

 smaller, and with no blue collar on the nape : " irides red ; bill and 

 feet black '' (Layard). Total length 15-5 inches, wing 8-2, tail 7'5, 

 bill 1-8, tarsus 6-88. 



Adult female (type). Similar to the male, but smaller. Total 

 length 14-5 inches, wing 7*7, tail 6-5, bill 1, tarsus 0*82. 



Hah. Taviuni, Fiji Islands. 



One of the three typical birds, now in Mr. Seebohm's col- 

 lection, has a few feathers of the rump edged with dark cherry- 

 red. 



a, b. cS ? ad. sk. NVila, Taviuni {E. L. Tweeddale Coll. 

 Layard). 



c. J ad. sk. N'gila, Taviuni, Aug. E. L. Layard [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Taviuni. W. A. Bailward [P.]. 



5. Pyrrhulopsis personata. 



Coracopsis? personata, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1848, p. 21, pi. 3; id. 

 Gen. B. iii. App. p. 19 (1849) ; Bp. Compt. Rend. xxx. p. 138 

 (1850) ; Souance, Rev. et May. de Zool. 1856, p. 210. 



l'lat ycoirus splendens, juv., Peale, U.S. F.epl. Exp. p. 128, pi. 34. f. 4 

 (1848). 



Prosopeia personata, Bp. Per. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 153, n. 159. 



Prosopa?a personata, Bp. Naumanma, 1856, Consp. Fsitt. n. 160. 



Aprosmictua personatus, Cass. U.S. Expl. Exp., Ma mm. cy Orn. p. 238, 

 pi. xx. f. 2 (1858). 



Platycereus personatus, O. /.'. Or. List Psitt. Brit. Mm. p. 11 (1859) ; 

 id. List B. Trap. Isl. p. 30 (1850) ; Hart I. Ibis. 1S62, p. 232 ; Finsch 

 v. llartl. Fimi. Centr.-Polyn. pp. 21, 275 (1867) : Finsch, Papag, 

 ii. p. 239 (1868) ; Finsch u, Hartl. Journ. f. Orn. 1870, p. 124; 

 Schley. Mns. /'.-/>'. Psittaci, itevtte, p. 86 (1874) ; Layard, P. Z. S 

 1876, pp. SO, 425 ; id. Ibis, 1876, pp. 148,391 (Viti Levu) ; Gieb. 

 Thes. Orn. iii. p. 219 (1877) ; Finsch, P. Z. 8. 1877, p. 729; Nehrk. 

 Journ.f. Orn. [879, ]>. 894 (egg) ; Finsch, Voy. Chall.. Birds, p. 42 

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