40 CATALOGUE OI' niRDS FROM NKW GUINEA. 



of green ; breast purplisili grocii, with a broad orange-yellow streak 

 down the shaft of each fcatlicr ; back of neck and nape purplish 

 green, streaked down the shafts with rich yellow ; scapulars, wings 

 and tail green ; back and rump light green streaked with yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts, inner webs near the base of tail, and thighs, car- 

 mine ; quills beneath at base yellow, tinged on some feathers with 

 carmine ; abdomen, sides, and under tail-coverts green, streaked with 

 yellow intermixed near the thighs with crimson ; beneath the tail 

 carmine, tipped ii^ith obscure yellow. 



Length 12"; wings 7" 2'"." 



a, h. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Allied to C scintillata, which has the ends of the tail-feathers 

 acutely pointed, while in the Aru species they are decidedly rounded. 



Eos RUBIGINOSA. 



Chalcopsitta rubic/inosci, Pr. B. Proc. Z. S. 18.50, p. 26. pi. xvi. 

 a. Island of Waigiou. Procured from M. Verreaux. 



Eos 



ATRA. 



r> 



PsittacKs ater. Scop. Del. Fl. ct Fauna Insubr. p. 8/; Sonn. Voy. 

 N. G. t. 110. 



Psittacus novce guinecB, Gm. S. N. i. ]i. 3 If). 

 Chalcopsitta atra, Pr. B. n n i J/ 



Hab. New Guinea (Somierat). mu^ t><. /^J'l/k/i . j 



ECLECTUS POLYCHLOROS. 



Psittacus pohjchloros, Scop. Del. Fl. et Fauna Insubr. p. 87. 

 ;x Hab. New Guinea. Island of Waigiou. 



Var. aruensis. 



Psittacus magnus, pt., Wagl. 



This variety differs from the E. pohjchloros by having the ends of 

 the tail-feathers above more prominently tipped with yellow, which 

 is in some feathers tinged with purple. ^ . 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. Vfixu^L^-i^, , flUj-nrifl^ll 



EcLECTUS LiNN/EI. 



Eclectus Litmcei, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. .-171. t. 22. 



Eclectus puniceus, Pr. B. Kev. et Mag. de Zool. 18.54, p. 155. 



Eclectus grandis, Midi. Verb. Ethn. p. 22. 



Eclectus cardinal is, Sclat. 1 \\K^ 



Hab. New Guinea; Havre-Dorey (Lesson) ; Lobo (Midler). 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Eclectus paraguanus. I 



Psittacus pf/raguanvs, Gm. S. N. i. p. 'A3(\. 

 Psiftacodis P(iragure,yVsig\. Monogr. Psitt. ]>. r»74. t. ,33. 

 P.iiftf/ciis Stf/rorini, Less. Voy. de la C'oqu. Zool. p. (i28. 

 Hab. Island of Waigiou (Lesson). 



