50. CTANORHAMPHUS. 



583 



asssf p ' ( 873) ; '* ^ °* 2nd ed - L PP- 139 > 145 



Cyanorhamphus forsteri, Bchnw. Vogelbild. in the text of C. now 



r^474 7 (i878 - 83); * *-*/■ ** «». p- s 



^ufc mafo Green, underneath paler, or yellowish green ■ fore- 

 head crown, and streak across the eyes terminating on the ear- 

 coverts deep crimson ; a spot of the same colour, more or less dis- 

 tinct, on each side of the rump ; on the nape a broad basal mark of 

 jellowish white, viable only on raising the feathers; quills dusky 

 black lighter on the under surface ; the outer primaries, thei'r 

 coverts and bastard-wing bright blue on the outer webs; carpal 



underneath dull golden olive: « irides cherry-red ; upper mandible 

 bluish white with a black tip; lower mandible bluish black ; feet 

 pale brown (Bulkr) Total length about ] 1 inches, wing 5, tail 5-2, 

 bill 0-64, tarsus 0-75. 



Adult female. Like the male, only smaller, and the frontal red 

 cap not so conspicuous. 



Yoiuuj « Does not differ apparently from the adult " (Buller). 



Hab. New Zealand. } 



"■ ^d. st. New Zealand. Sir G. Grey TP 1 



Ad !f v ' W ? ea ! and - New Zealand Co*. [P.]. 

 ftAd - 8t New Zealand New Zealand Co. [P.] 



d, e. Ad. st. New Zealand^ ° f B **^ J * W ttF m * k #0 



/• \j „+ / % xt £ eaiana - Alassena Coll. 



/. Ad. st. (var.). New Zealand. Purchased 



!/, ft. 6 2 ad. ak. Dunedin, New Zealand. Purchased! 



* HA Dunedin May. Hume Coll. 



1 sJ\- v 6W ^ ea \ md : Tweeddale Coll. 

 i. cS ad. aft. JNew Zealand. Gould Coll 



'"■ A a \ Sk " 5 ew Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



n. Ad sk New Zealand. Bullock Coll. J 



o. 2 ad. sk. New Zealand. Capt. Stokes [P.]. 



5. Cyanorharnphus rowleyi(?). 

 Platycercus rowleyi, BuU. Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. vii. p. 219 (1874) • 



An>rl. Orn.Mt»c. ii. p. 115, pi. 50 (1877) ; Dull. B. New Zeal. 2nd 



ed. l. p. 14/ (1888). 

 Cjanorhamphus rowleyi, Bchnw. VogelbUd., in the text of C zee- 



landuc, t. xvi. f. 7 (1878-83) ; id. Journ.f. On,. 1881 n ^( Const, 



Psitt. p. 42) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 77 (1889). P ' { J 



Adult male Similar in plumage to C. nova zealandice, but con- 

 siderably smaller. Total length 10 inches, wing 4-75, tail 5 bill 

 along the ridge 0-55, tarsus 0-65. 



* This bird has been described as not having the red spots on the sides of 

 he rump, bat in reality .ho red B pot is wanting only on one side, where some 

 leathers are missing ; on the other side the red spot is present ! 



