on the Parrots. 42< 



Charmosyna Wagl. 



Charmosyna papuensis (Gmel.) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. 

 pi. lvii. (1896). 



Charmosyna stell^e Meyer ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. pi. lviii. 

 (1896) ; Rothsch. Nov. Zool. iii. p. 18 (Eufa and Mount 

 Victoria) (1896) ; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 72 

 (1901). 



Charmosyna Josephines (Finsch) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. 

 pi. lix. (1896) ; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 72 

 (1901). 



The type of this species, a female, belongs to the Turati 

 collection in the Museo Civico of Milan. 



Charmosyna atrata Rothsch. Bull. B. O. C. vii. p. liv 

 (Mt. Scratchley) (1898) ; id. Ibis, 1898, p. 439 ; id. Nov. 

 Zool. vi. p. 218 (Mt.Gaivara), pi. ii. fig. 1 (1899) ; Dubois, Syn. 

 Av. p. 32, no. 413 (fasc. i., 1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 7, 

 no. 4 (1900) ; Rothsch. Bull. B. O. C. xv. p. 7 (1904). 



" Bill red ; forehead purplish black, centre of the crown 

 darker. A patch of elongated lilac-blue feathers on the 

 occiput ; neck and upper back black, with a reddish shade ; 

 under surface dull black, sides of the breast dark green ; 

 back and upper wing-coverts dark green ; lower back, rump, 

 and sides of the belly carmine ; rump with a large patch of 

 lilac-blue ; upper tail-coverts dark purplish green ; quills 

 black, outer webs broadly bordered with dark green ; 

 rectrices green, with narrow edges near the tip, blackish 

 towards the base, without any red ; thighs purplish black ; 

 under tail-coverts dark purplish, with deep crimson tips ; 

 feet orange, with black claws. Wing 146 mm.'" (R.) 



Female. Similar to the male, but the lower back, rump, 

 and sides of the belly not carmine but green, with a blue 

 patch in the centre. Total length 234 mm. 



Three specimens are known of this dark species : the 

 type, certainly a male, from Mount Scratchley ; a second, 

 evidently a female, from Mount Gaivara, near Mount Vic- 

 toria ; and a third, apparently also a female, of which the 

 locality is not given. 



