Perroquet mascarin " of Brisson. 



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markedly from that of the species of Coracopsis, and perhaps 

 more nearly resembles that of the genus Chrysotis than any 



Figs. 2 & 3. 



Feet of Mascarinus dvboisi. 



other. It is not at all related to the mandible of Lopho- 

 psittacus. 



From these considerations it isj I think^ clear that the 

 " Perroquet mascarin '^ is not related closely to Coracopsis, 

 but must be referred to another genus. It is also clear that, 

 of the two species, C. mascarina and C. nigra, for whicli 

 Wagler (/. s. c.) founded the genus Coracopsis, the latter must 

 be considered the type, as it alone agrees with several of the 

 generic characters he gives as diagnostic"^. 



Lesson, in 1831 (Traite d'Orn. p. 188), founded a genus 

 Mascarinus, characterized, amongst other things, by " narines 

 cachees par les plumes sur le bard du front j" in which he in- 

 cluded, besides the present bird, two species of Eclectus and 

 a Tanygnathus. Mascarinus is obviously a Latinized form of 

 the epithet " mascarin ;" and although an Eclectus is men- 



* It is, indeed, doubtful, on reading some parts of Waaler's diagnosis 

 of the genus {e. g. " Nares tnaximce, patulce .... Plmnce corvin<v^'' &c.), 

 whether he had, at that time, seen a specimen of C. mascarina. 



