34 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OV THE 



ECLECTUS CEYLONENSIS. 



Grand Lory, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 27;"). 



Psittacus ceyloiiensis, Botld. Tabl. dcs PI. Enl. d'Aubent. p, 3. 

 Psittacus grandis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 335 ; Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. 

 i. p. 342. 



Edectus ceylonensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 418. 



New Ireland (Port Praslin). 



EcLECTUS POLYCHLOROS. 



Green and Bed Chinese Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 278. 

 Psittacus polychloros. Scop. Del. Fl. et Fauna Insubr. p. 87. 

 Psittacus maffnus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 344. 



Psittacvs sinensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 337 ; Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. 

 i. p. 342. ' 



Edectus j)olychIoros, G.R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 418. 

 Polychlorus magnus, Sclater, Proc. Z. S. 18.i7, p. 226. 

 New Ireland (Port Praslin). 



Psittacus (Geoffroy) heteroclitus. 



Psittacus Geoffroyi heteroclitus, Homb. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. N. 

 n. s. xvi. p. 319. 



Pionus heteroclitus, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 103. 

 t. 25*. f. 1 . 



Geoffroyus heteroclitus, Pr. B. Rev. et INIag. de Zool. 18.")4, p. 155. 



Pionus cyaniceps, Pucher. Voy. au Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 105. 

 t. 25*. f. 2. 



Solomon Islands. 



Cacatua (Ducropsius) Ducropsii. 



Cacatua Ducropsii, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 108. 

 t. 26. f. 1. 



Plyctolophus Bucrops, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 156. 

 Ducropsius typiis, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1857, p. 537. 

 Solomon Islands. 



CUCULID.E. 



]\lote. —The bird represented by Levaillant in t. 79 of his 'Oiseaux 

 d'Afrique,' and which has been named 



Lanius super/jus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 293, 



Sparactes ?, Illiger, Prod. Mamm. p. 219, 



Sparactes cristatus, VieilL, 

 is evidently made up of a specimen of Poyonias su/cirostris, though 

 this remarkably ingenious bird is said to inhabit some of the South 

 Sea Islands. 



Centropus Milo. B.M. 



Centropus Milo, Gould, Proc. Z. S. lS56,p. 136. 

 Solomon Islmds (Guadalcanar). 



