-I'J CATALOGUE OV HIKDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 



FSITTACUS EERSONATUS. , 



Psittacus batavensis. Lath. Ind. Oni. i. p. 126? 



Psittacus Geoffroyi, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 85. 



Geoffroijns personutus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. dc Zool. 185 1, p. 155. 



Hab. New Guinea ; Lobo {Miiller). 



Psittacus Pucherani. 



Pionus fuscicapillus, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, t. 25*. f. 3. 



Geoffroius Pucherani, Pr. B. 



Hab. New Guinea, west coast {Homb. ^ Jacq.). ,^'t>^a Jl^Mzi .) 



Psittacus aruensis. ' / •- ^ 



Psittacus aruensis, G. R.Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 18.3. 



S ■ Green, paler on the margins of the feathers ; top of head 

 silvery blue ; front and cheeks scarlet-red ; chin reddish yellow ; 

 under surface yellowish green ; spot on each wing castaneous red ; 

 under wing-coverts verditer blue. 



5 . Head rusty brown ; otherwise yellowish green. 



S juv. Head of the same green as the back, but the sides of head 

 brownish green. 



Length 8" 9'" ; wings 6" 3'". 



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



Psittacus capistratus. 



Psittacus capistratus, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 183. 



(S . Head brown tinged with green, and mixed with dull rufous ; 

 general colour green edged with paler ; upper tail-coverts yellowish 

 green ; under wing-coverts and the fore part of the sides verditer blue. 



Like the female of the preceding species, but it is much larger in 

 size. 



Length 12"; wings 7" 5'". 



ft. K^ Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Psittacula Desmaresti. 



Psittacus Desmaresti, Garn. Voy. de la Coqu. t. 35. 

 Psittacula {Psittaculirostris) Desmaresti, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 204. 

 Cyclopsitta Desmaresti, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 154. 

 Hub. New Guinea ; Havre-Dorey (Garwo^) ; Lobo (il/«//e/'). hup^^/'.^' 



Psittacula diophthalma. 



Cyclopsitta diophthalma, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, t. 25 bis, 

 f. 4, 5. 



Psittacula diophthalma, Homb. & Jacq. fj 4/1 



Hab. New Guinea, south coast {Homb. ^ Jacq.). ^-t>n^tf,\w^'jj 

 a, b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. h-Uf^'>^, 



NaSITERNA PYGM/EA. 



Psittacus pyfpnceus, Quoy & Gaim. Vny. Astrol. t. 21. 

 Micropsifta pyymcca. Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 046. 



