578 psittacim;. 



b'. Head green, frontal band brown-black ; 



lores red erythronotus, p. 579. 



Eump green like the back; general colour 



green. 

 c'. No red mark on the head, forehead green 

 like the crown ; no coloured spots on the 



sides of the rump unicolor, p. 581. 



dl . Forehead red or orange ; crown red or 

 yellow ; on each side of the rump a 

 red or orange spot. 

 a". Forehead and also the crown more or 

 less red. 

 «'". Tail entirely green on the upper 

 surface. 

 « 4 . Upper surface pure grass-green. 

 «'. Smaller : wing from 4'5 to 5 

 inches; ear-spot bright crim- 

 son, longer and more con- 

 spicuous. 



a 6 . Wing 5 inches none zealandi<e, p. 581. 



b 6 . Wing 4'75 iuches (Buller) . . rowleyi (?), p. 583. 



c 6 . Wing 4"5 to 4'6 inches aucklandiciis, p. 584. 



b 5 . Larger : wing 5 - 6 to 5'8 inches ; 



red ear-spot rather dull, not 



much extended and therefore 



not very conspicuous. 



d 6 . Forehead and crown crimson ; 



underparts greener cooli, p. 584. 



e 6 . Forehead crimson, this colour 

 scarcely spreading over the 

 anterior part of the crown ; 

 underparts, including the 

 lower part of the cheeks. 



distinctly yellowish subjlavescens, p. 585. 



/;'. Upper and under surfaces both 



with a distinct yellowish tinge . . erythrotis, p. 586. 

 I,'". Tail partly blue. 



C 4 . Tail-feathers towards the tips blue 

 and tipped with light yellowish ; 

 underparts, including the cheeks, 



greenish yellow saisseti, p. 586. 



d v . Tail conspicuously blue, the lateral 

 feathers partly green on the outer 

 webs, the central two feathers 

 blue along the middle, and green 

 towards the edges of both webs ; 



underparts green cyanurus, p. 587. 



//'. Forehead red or orange, crown yellow. 

 c" . Frontal band crimson. 



e*. Crown golden yellow auriceps, p. 587. 



/ 4 . Crown pale yellow intermedins (?), p. 589. 



d'". Frontal band orange, crown pale 



yellow malherbei, p. 590. 



