53G Count T. Salvadori— Notes 



Neopsittacus pullicauda Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii. p. 17 

 (1896) (Mount Victoria); Forbes & Robins. Bull. Liverp. 

 Mus. i. p. 8 (1897) ; Rothsch. Nov. Zool. v. p. 510 (1898) 

 ( = viridiceps) ; Dubois, Syn. Av. p. 33, n. 417 (fasc. i. 1899); 

 Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 8, n. 2 (1900). 



? Neopsittacus musschenbroekii De Vis (uec Rosenb.), Rep. 

 Brit. N. Guin. p. 1, n. 5 (1894). 



Neopsittacus viridiceps De Vis, Ibis, 1897, p. 371 (?: 

 Mount Scratchley) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. iv. p. 369 (1897) 

 (= pullicauda); De Vis, Rep. Brit. New Gain. p. 81 (1898). 



Tins species, which is very similar to N. musschenbroeki, 

 11 cliH'ers in having the hinder part of crown, occiput, and 

 nape dark green, with a very slight brownish-red wash and 

 some very faint yellowish streaks, while these parts are olive- 

 brown with a strong orange shade and very distinct yellow 

 shaft-stripes in N. musschenbroekii. The tail is a little 

 shorter than in the latter, of a much darker green above and 

 without an indication of orange tips; below dark brownish 

 green instead of ochre-yellow or orange. It seems also that 

 the red on the breast and middle of abdomen is much more 

 extended." {Hartert.) 



Hub. S.E. New Guinea. 



Forbes and Robinson say : — u We cannot help thinking 

 that N. pullicauda must become a synonym of N. musschen- 

 broeki." 



Neopsittacus rubkipileus Salvad. ; Forbes & Robins. 

 Bull. Liverp. Mus. i. no. 1, p. 8 (1897) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 v. p. 119 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 8, n. 4 (1900). 



Neopsittacus iris var. rubripileum (sic) Dubois, Syn. Av. 

 p. 33 (1899). 



Dr. Forbes and Mr. Robinson express some doubt about 

 this form being a good species, but Dr. Hartert, with a large 

 series of specimens collected by Mr. Everett, confirms that 

 N. rubripileus is quite a distinct species. 



Cyclopsittacus Rchnb. 

 C\clopsittacus SALVADORii Oust. ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. 

 p. 8, n. 1 (1100). 



