612 



33. PSITTACUS UNICOLOR. 



LePerroquet Lori unicolor, Levaill. Perr. ii. p. 131, pi. 125 (1805). 



Psittacus unicolor, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 538 (1811) (ex Levaillant) ; 

 Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 93. pi. 15 (1811-12); Vieill. N. D. xxv. p. 338 

 (1817); Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 39 (1820) ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1381 

 (1823) ; Cuv. B'egn. An. i. p. 465 (1829) ; Voigt, Cuv. Uebers. p. 744 

 (1831); Waal. Mon. Psitt. p. 745 (av. dub.) (1832); Finsch, Papag. 

 ii. p. 924 (1868) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 268 (1880). 



Unicolor Lory, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 227 (1822). 



Lorius unicolor, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 132 (1826). 



Eos unicolor, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. App. p. 20 (1849) ; id. List Psitt. Brit. 

 Mus. p. 52 (1859) ; id. Hand-list, ii. p. 154, n. 8204 (1870). 



Lorius ruber (part.), Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 123 (1864). 



Entirely red ; even the bill is red. Size of Lorius garrulus. 



Hob. Moluccas (?). 



Very likely a variety of E. rubra. 



34. Psittacus cei.vicalis. 



Ked-naped Parrakeet, Lath. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 66 (1787) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 264 (1822). 

 Psittacus cervicalis, Lath. hid. Orn. i. p. 130, n. 145 (1790) ; Bechst. Kurze 



Ueb. p. 82 (1811-12); Vieill. N. J), xxv. p. 377(1817); Kuhl, Consp. 



Psitt. p. 93 (1820); Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1408 (1823); Finsch, 



Papag. ii. p. 925 (1868). 

 Le Perroquet Langlois, Levaill. Perr. ii. p. 161, pi. 136 (1805). 

 Psittacus nuchalis. Shaw, Nat. Misc. xxi. pi. 913 (1789-1813) (ex Levail- 

 lant); id. Gen. Hist. viii. 2, p. 543 (1811). 

 Psittacus erythrothorax, Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 102, pi. 19 (ex Levaillant) 



(1811-12). 

 Psittacus Langloisi, Vieill. N. D. xxv. p. 312 (1817) ; id. Enc. Meth. iii. 



p. 1366 (1823). 

 Eos cervicalis (part.), Wagl Mon. Psitt. p. 561 (1832) ; <?. 7?. Gr. Gen. B. 



ii. p. 417, n. 7 (partini) (1845). 

 Trichoglossus cervicalis, Bp. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 27; G. B. Gr. List Psitt. 



Brit. Mus. p. 62 (syn. emend.) (1859) ; id. Hand-list, ii. p. 156, n. 8223 



(1870). 



Green ; forehead, a band on the nape, lower throat, and breast red. Total 

 length 8 inches. 



Dr. Finsch suspects that this is an artificial bird ; but it must be remembered 

 that the bird was known to Latham long before Levaillant. 



35. PSITTACIS DUBIUS. 



Dubious Parrot, Lath. Syn. Suppl.i. p. 62 (1787) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 158 



(1822). 

 Psittacus dubius, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 97, n. 44 (1790); Shaw, Gen. Zool. 



viii. 2, p. 465 (1811) ; Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 94 (1X11-12) ; Vieill. A. D. 



xxv. p. 374 (1817); Kuhl. Consp. Psitt. p. 101 (1820); Vieill. Enc. 



Meth. iii. p. 1405 (1823); Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 744 (av. dub.) (,1832); 



Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 926 (1868). 



'• Bill and legs pale horn-colour, from the base to the eye and round the last 

 bare and of the same colour ; head and chin green ; the whole neck pale 

 rufous ; upper parts of the body and wings green ; underparts the same, but 

 paler ; the outer edge of the bastard-wing and quills blue : tail cuneiform, 

 but short, the colour a yellowish green ; the four middle feathers blue at the 

 ends, where they are pointed in shape ; the four outer ones on each side tipped 

 with brown." (Latham.) 



Hob. Uncertain. 



Latham's description was taken from a specimen in the British Museum. 



