538 psittacid^;. 



Coryllis aurantiifrons, Meyer, Sitzb. Isis Dresd. 1875, p. 77 ; Rchnw. 

 Journ.f. Om. 1881, p. 230 {Comp. Psitt. p. 118); id. Voyelbild. 

 Nachtr. 53 (1883). 



Adult male. Green, paler beneath ; forehead golden yellow, 

 abruptly defined behind ; rump and upper tail-coverts red, on the 

 upper part of the rump the red is mixed with yellow ; sides of the 

 rump yellow ; a red spot on the throat ; quills on the inner web 

 and tail-feathers beneath verditer-blue ; tail-feathers tipped with 

 yellowish green : bill black ; feet dusky. Total length about 4 

 inches, wing 2-52-2-7, tail 1-2, bill 0-34, tarsus 0-3. 



Adult female. Wants the golden yellow on the forehead, which, 

 like the cheeks, is tinged with bluish green ; the bases of the bluish 

 feathers of the forehead are reddish. 



Hah. Mysol and Now Guinea. 



The two specimens from S.E. New Guinea, mentioned below, 

 one of which is marked female by the collector, Mr. H. 0. Forbes, are 

 larger (wing 2-8-2-9 inches) than the others, and want the reddish 

 base to the feathers of the forehead. 



a. S ad. sk. Arfak Mt., New Guinea. Tweeddale Coll. 



b. $ ad. sk. Has, N.W. New Guinea. Gould Coll. 



c. $ ad. sk. Milne Bay, S.E. New Guinea. C. Hunstein [CI. 



d. ? ad. sk. Sogeri District, S.E. New H. 0. Forbes [C.J. 



Guinea. 



20. Loriculus tener. 



Loriculus tener, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 107, sp. 36 ; id. Howl. Om. 



Misc. ii. p. 376, pi. 72. ff. 2, 3 ( $ ) (1877) ; Salvad. Om. Pap. e 



Mol. i. p. 172 (1880) ; Finsch, Ibis, 1881, p. 537; Salvad. Mem. 



R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xl. p. 162 (1889) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 76 



(1889). 

 Coryllis tener, Rchnw. Journ. f. Om. 1881, p. 229 (Consp. Psitt. 



p. 117) ; id. Voijelbild. Nachtr. 50 (1883). 



Adult female (type). Green, rump and upper tail-coverts yellowish 

 green ; an orange-red spot on the throat : quills on the inner web 

 and tail beneath verditer-blue ; tips of the lateral tail-feathers 

 yellowish green : bill black ; feet yellowish (?) dusky. Total length 

 4 inches, wing 2-7, tail 1-28, bill 0-34, tarsus 0-32. 



Uab. Duke of York Island. 



Obs. A second specimen, in Canon Tristram's Collection, shows a 

 distinct yellowish tinge on the forehead at the base of the feathers. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Duke of York Island {Rev. G. Brown). Tweeddale Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



