424 Count T. Salvadori — Notes 



Hypocharmosyna rubronotata (Wall.) ; Mivart, Mon. 

 Lor. pi. Hi. (1896). 



Dr. Mivart figures only the male, the female has not been 

 depicted yet. 



Hypocharmosyna kordoana (Meyer) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. 

 pi. li. (rf ?) (1896). 



Hypocharmosyna rubrigularis (Sclat.) ; Mivart, Mon. 

 Lor. pi. 1. fig. 1 (1896). 



Hypocharmosyna aureocincta (Layard) ; Mivart, Mon. 

 Lor. pi. 1. figs. 2, 3 (1896). 



Hypocharmosyna diademata (Verr. & Des Mors) ; 

 Mivart, Mon. Lor. pi. liv. (1896). 



Glossopsitiacus diadematus Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 xx. p. 68 (1891) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 6, n. 2 (1900). 



Not having had the opportunity when I wrote the 

 ' Catalogue of the Parrots ' of inspecting an example of this 

 species, and knowing it only from the original description 

 and a rough sketch kindly sent me by the late M. Salle, I 

 was not at all sure about its generic place. I said that it 

 might possibly belong to the genus Hypocharmosyna. This 

 surmise has been fully confirmed by Mivart, who had the 

 advantage of examining the type and only known specimen, 

 which is in the Colonial Collection in the Palais de ^Industrie 

 at Paris. Dr. Mivart's figure is the only one published of 

 this rare species. 



This bird belongs to the section of the genus with no 

 yellow band on the under side of the quills, which are entirely 

 dusky, and is easily distinguished by its blue crown. 



The re-discovery of this species would be most interesting ; 

 very little has been done lately to investigate the fauna of 

 New Caledonia, where it is said to be not uncommon. 



Hypocharmosyna meeki Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 viii. p. 187 (1901), ix. p. 590, pi. vii. fig. 3 (1903) ; Dubois, 

 Syn. Av. p. 1055, n. 18 (fasc. xiv., 1903). 



" Male ad. — Upper surface grass-green, brighter on the 

 forehead. Crown-feathers tipped with dark lead-colour, 



