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Minahassa), may yet be proved to inhabit the more southerly eastern limb (Bangaai and Ternate), 

 a mountainous and as yet unexplored region. 



LORICULUS QUADRICOLOE, n. Sp, 



Adult male. Bright green ; crown and edge of shoulder scarlet ; rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 chin, and throat deep blood-red ; interscapulars and back bright golden ; quills black, half the 

 inner web of each quill verditer-blue ; entire under surface of rectrices verditer-blue ; bill black ; 

 feet yellow. 



Hale, immature. Faint indications of a few scarlet feathers on the forehead ; a small red 

 spot on the throat ; edge of the shoulder scarlet mixed with yellow ; upper tail-coverts and rump 

 and remainder of plumage as in the adult. This stage closely resembles the adult plumage of 

 L. wallacei, G. E. Gray. 



Male, still yonnfjcr. Forehead, throat-spot, and edge of wing yellow, mixed with minute 

 traces of scarlet ; rump mixed red and green ; upper tail-coverts as in adult ; interscapulars 

 golden ; remainder of plumage of a less bright green than in adult. 



Female. The only example sent and thus marked by Dr. Meyer is not quite adult. The 

 head is entirely green, the chin and throat scarlet, the shoulder-edge yellow, interscapulars 

 golden, back mixed green and golden, remainder of plumage as in adult male. 



Tarsi. 



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This species is intermediate between L. stigmatus (Midler & Schlegel) and L. ivallacci, A. M. N. H. 

 G. E. Gray. In dimensions the three are about equal. From L. imllacei it differs by havino- a ^'^''■"*:>no"^^" 

 scarlet cap, by the golden of the back reaching to the nape, by the darker red of the uropy^ium 

 and upper tail-coverts, and by the sexes differing ; from L. stigmatus by the golden back, by the 

 chin and throat-spot being much smaller, and the red of the uropygium not being quite so dark. 

 All the examples sent are from the Togian Islands. 



Mtzomela chloropteea, n. sp. 



Entire head, excepting the space in front of the eyes (which is black), back, upper tail- 

 coverts, chin, throat, and breast scarlet ; abdomen, ventral region, under tail-coverts, and flanks 

 pale greenish fulvous, each feather dark centred with ashy ; wing-coverts and quills dark brown, 

 with bright yellowish-green outer edgings ; scapulars dark brown, Avithout any other colour ; tail 

 dark brown ; under wing-coverts pure white ; inner edging of the quills after the first two white ; 

 bill and feet black. 



Longitudo 

 Eostr. a nar. Alte. Cauda;. Tarsi. 



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Sent from Celebes by Dr. Meyer. The examples are in such bad order that it is not 



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