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NOTE VI. 
ON A NEW FORM OF THE GENUS PSEPHOTUS 
BY 
Dr. B. D. VAN OORT. 
This apparently new form, which is a subspecies of 
Psephotus chrysopterygius Gould (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 
1857, p. 220), much resembles Psephotus dissimilis Collett 
(Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1898, p. 356), differs however in 
the male by its deep black forehead, crown, nape and lores, 
these parts being dark chestnut in dissimilis, which is likely 
a local form of chrysopterygius. Lately the Leyden Museum 
was presented with a male, which died in the aviaries of 
Mr. F. EH. Blaauw at ’s Graveland and some days ago I 
saw three living males and two females in the posses- 
sion of the same gentleman; these males agree perfectly 
with the skin in our possession. As no trace of a dark 
chestnut at the head can be observed in any of the exam- 
ples and as the males, when being in imperfect plumage, 
also did not show this colour on the head, these specimens 
evidently belong to an undescribed form, which 1 wish 
to call in honour of our well-known favourer: 
Psephotus chrysopterygius blaauwt. 
As above stated the males agree with the description 
of the male of Psephotus chrysopterygius dissimilis Collett, 
only the forehead, crown, nape and lores are not dark 
chestnut, but pure black. Our skin measures: wing 124, 
tail 167 mm. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXII. 
