on the Parrots. 423 



Hypocharmosyna placens (Temm.) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. 

 pi. xlviii. (1896). 



Hypocharmosyna placentis (!) Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. 

 p. 229 (Amblau, south of Buru) (1900), x. pp. 5 (Obi), 46 

 (Batjan) (1903). 



Hypocharmosyna placentis placentis Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 viii. p. 4 (Little Key, Great Key, Koer Islands, Manggoer, 

 and Goram laut) (1901); Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 viii. p. 71 (1901). 



I believe that this species may be divided into several 

 subspecies — probably five, if not more; of five I have given 

 the characters in my ' Ornitologia della Papuasia e delle 

 Molucche ' (vol. i. p. 310), and they were tabulated there as 

 follows : — 



I. Gastraeo viridiore, rninime flavicante ; macula 



uropygiali cyanea mediocri ; maris pileo pallida 

 viridi, minime flavicante ; genis cum mento et 

 gula rubris Var. A, ex Halmahera. 



II. Gastraeo pallidiore, viridi-flavicante ; maris pileo 



viridi-flavicante : 



a. Uropygio latissime cyaneo ; maris genis, mento 



et gula rubris Var. B, ex Nova Guinea. 



b. Uropygio minus late cyaneo: maris genis rubris, 



mento et gula vix vel minime rubris : 

 a'. Maris mento et gula minus late rubris 



( Wallace) Var. C, ex Ceram. 



V '. Maris mento et gula quamplurime vix vel 

 minime rubris : 

 a". Major; long. tot. mm. 175; caudas mm. 



74-72 Var. D, ex Kei. 



b". Minor; long. tot. mm. 165; caudffi mm. 



72-65 Var. E, ex Am. 



Hypocharmosyna subplacens (Sclat.); Mivart, Mon. Lor. 

 pi. xlix. (1896). 



Hypocharmosyna placentis subplacens Rothsch. & Hartert, 

 Nov. Zool. viii. p. 71 (Woodlark Island, Sattelberg) (1901). 



It appears that Rothschild and Hartert are inclined to 

 recognise several forms of this species, or subspecies as they 

 consider it. 



