474 Count T. Salvadori on the 



LiociCHLA STEEiiii, sp. iiov. (Plate XIV.) 



Olivaceous greeu throughout ; crown and occiput^ chin and 

 throat, flanks and rump smoky ; patch of orange-yellow on 

 anterior corner of eye ; streaks of yellow on sides of the 

 nape and vent-feathers, broadly tipjied with orange ; breast, 

 belly, and edge of wing yellow ; axillaries smoky ; bill and 

 legs light wood-brown ; tail olive-green, feathers square 

 at the ends and white, four central rectrices with a black bar 

 before the white tips, three on each side with the apical 

 portion of outer web black as well ; secondaries washed with 

 maroon, black on inner webs and apical half, all tipped 

 with white, yellowish green on outer webs, stems black. 

 Length 7'5, wing 2'7, tail 3*4. 



XLII. — A few Words on the Parrots of the Genus Eclectus, 

 Wagl. By T. Salvadori, C.M.Z.S. 



In the last number of ' The Ibis ' a paper by Mr. Forbes has 

 appeared under the title " Recent Observations on the Parrots 

 of the Genus Eclectus -y^' and I wish to make a few remarks 

 on it. 



It seems that, although Mr. Forbes is inclined to believe 

 Dr. Meyer's statement that the green Eclectus are the males, 

 and the red ones the females, still he does not consider the 

 fact fully established, on account of Mr. Brown^s state- 

 ment that it "is a gross error." I hope that those who 

 are still incredulous about Meyer's discovery will know 

 before long on which side is the gross error. For my part I 

 have not the least doubt that Meyer is right. My experience 

 is as follows: — I have examined 128 specimens of three dif- 

 ferent species of the genus Eclectus, collected by D'Albertis, 

 Beccari, and Bruijn's men ; and the green ones were constantly 

 marked males, and the red ones females. Many of them 

 were dissected by D'Albertis and Beccari. It is worth while 

 mentioning that some of D'Albertis's birds, and all those 

 collected by Beccari in the Aru Islands, were obtained before 

 Meyer made his startling statement. 



