50. OYANORHAMPHUS. 587 



Platycercus novae zeelandise, part., Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 273 (1868) ; 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 218 (1877). 

 Platycercus saisseti, Bull. B. New Zeal. p. 59 (18731 ; id. op. cit. 



2nd ed. i. p. 139 (1888). 



Adult male. Similar to C. novce zealandice, but larger, having 

 a longer tail, and with the under surface greenish yellow ; cheeks 

 and throat more distinctly yellow ; the quills are more brightly 

 blue, and the tail-feathers towards the end are distinctly bluish 

 and have the tips yellowish : " irides orange ; bill black plumbeous, 

 with the base of the upper mandible bluish grey ; legs and feet 

 grey-brown/' Total length 12 - 6 inches, wing 5, tail 6-2, bill 065, 

 tarsus 07. 



Female. Like the male, only smaller. 



Hab. New Caledonia. 



a. cJjuv.sk. New Caledonia. Dr. R.B. Sharpe[P.]. 



b. $ ad. sk. New Caledonia (E. L. Bayard). Tweeddale Coll. 



c. d. d ? ad. Moiudou, N. Caledonia, Oct., Nov. E. L. Layard [C.]. 



11. Cyanorhamphus cyanurus. (Plate XVIII.) 



? Parroquet from Macaulay's Island, Phill. Bot. Bay, p. 228 (1789) ; 



Gray, Ibis, 1862, p. 231 ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 933 (1868). 

 ? Platycercus novce-zealandire, Cheeseman (>iec Sparrnt.), Tr. $• Pr. 



New Zeal. Inst. xx. p. 165 (1888) (Kermadec Island), xxiii. p. 218 



(1891) (Macaulay Island). 

 Cyanoi'hampkus cyanurus, Salvad. Ann. ej- May. N. II. (6) vii. p. 68 



(1891). 



Adult male. Similar to C. novce zealandice, but larger, and with 

 the tail blue, the two central tail-feathers are tinged with green on 

 both webs, the remainder on the outer webs towards the base ; 

 under wing-coverts and also the longest under tail-coverts tinged 

 with blue ; tail underneath dusk}- olive, darker than in C. novce 

 zealandice : " iris red " ; bill black, with tho base of the upper 

 mandible silvery grey; feet dusky. Total length 127 inches, 

 wing 6 - 6, tail 6-5, bill about 0-8, tarsus 0*82. 



Hab. Eaoul Island of the Kermadec group, and perhaps also 

 Sunday Island (where it has been exterminated by wild cats), 

 Meyer and ilacaulay Islands {Cheeseman)*. 



Obs. This is a very distinct species on account of the blue tail. 



a. 3 ad. sk. Piaoul Island, 13 July, 1854 (Vovage of Gould Coll. 



II.M.S. ' Herald '). (Type of species.) 



12. Cyanorharnphus auric eps. 



Pacific Parrot, var. C, Lath. Syn. i. p. 253 (1781) ; id. Gen. Hist 



ii. p. 180 (1822). 

 Psittacus paciticus, var. 8, Gm. S. N. i. p. 329 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. 



* Whether the birds from Sunday, Meyer, and Macaulay Island*, also from 

 the Kermadec group, belong to the same species as those from Raoul Island, 

 remains to be ascertained. 



