60 



Total length, 24 to. ; bill, 2*9 in. ; wing, 13 in.; tail, 11 in.; 

 tarsus, l '75 in 



Hub. : 1 to 8. 



Si B FAMILY — CeN'TROPODIN.K. 



Wings shorter (than Cuculins), and carved to fit the body. 



s- CENTEOPUS. Bind claw rtraight 



167. l\ pliJisiamis. Lath., Spur-footed Cuckoo (Coucal). 



Adult. Feathers of upper and under surface dnll black, with 

 , black Bhafts ; wing coverts mottled with tawny brown and 

 black; remainder of wing rich chestnut, crossed with black bars ; 

 lower part of back deep green, freckled with black. 



Young have all upper surface reddish-brown, with conspicuous 

 sj tawny shafts ; throat and breast tawny, with lighter shafts. 

 Hab. : L, 2,3, 8. 



ORDER— PSITTACI. 



permanently zygodactyl by reversion of the fourth toe; covered with 

 plates. Bill short and very stout, strongly hooked or epignathous, 

 and furnished with a cere. 



I-W M I LY— LORIIDjE. 



Bill longer than deep; under mandible with gonys nearly straight. 

 Tongue brushy. 



B Tl; K I IOGLOSSUS.— Shaft streaks more or less blue on forehead 

 (as on rest of head) ; breast generally tinged with red. 



168. T. DOVSe-hollandise, Gmelin, Blue-bellied Lorikeet (Blue- 



mountain). 



Head and belly blue ; chest red ; band on nape greenish -yellow. 

 Hab : 1,2, 3, 1. 5, 6, 7. 



169. T. rilbrif orqiM'S. Vig. and Hors., Red-collared Lorikeet. 



Bead blu( : chest red; belly olive-green ; band on nape orange. 

 Bab. : 1. 8, '■». 



- PSITTEUTELES. Like Trichoglossus, only different colour ; no 

 bin.- Bhafi streaks; no red on breast ; bill red. 



'7" I*, chlorolepidol us. Kuhl. (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), 

 , breasted Lorikeet. 



All upper surf ace, wings, and tail grass-green ; all teat her- oi and< c 

 ice bright yellow, margined at tip with crescent of grass-green ; 

 under surface ol shoulder i icb scai let. 

 Bab 2, ■■•. 6, 7. 



<.i\i- PTILOSCLERA Predominant colour green, with shaft streaks 



on in ck and bod) ; bill orange-red. 

 '71. I*, versicolor* Vigors (Trichoglossus versicolor), Varied Lorikeet. 

 Back brownish-green; winga green; red across breast ; abdomen 

 I. ; all feathers of under surface with narrow line of bright 

 yellow 'low ii .■• ni re. 

 Bab. : 1. 



GL08SOPSITTACUS. Predominant colour green; bill black; 



, .ii irj i oal i" or b little shorter than second and thud. 



17-. <«. conrimiiis, Bhaw (Tricho sfnak Lorikeet. 



era! • "lour green ; no red in cheek- ; ear coverts red, like fure- 



Bi B 7. 



