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fringed with pink ; under surface of the tail black, tipped 

 with yellow and pink as above ; irides reddish orange in 

 some, scarlet in others ; bill rich orange-scarlet ; feet olive- 

 brown. 



The female has the head and upper surface dull green ; 

 under surface dull yellowish green ; a few of the wing-coverts 

 crimson-red, forming a stripe down the wing; rump pale 

 verditer blue ; tail-feathers more largely tipped with pink than 

 in the male ; irides olive-brown ; bill light horn-colour. 



Sp. 411. PTISTES COCCINEOPTERUS, Gould. 

 Crtmson-winged Lory. 



If ornithologists will compare the Crimson-winged Lories 

 of Port Essington and the adjacent north-western portions of 

 Australia with the Red-winged birds from the east coast, I 

 think but little doubt will remain on their minds that they 

 are distinct from each other. The former are smaller than- the 

 latter in all their admeasurements, except in the bill, which is 

 rather larger ; and the adult males are more richly coloured, 

 both in the green of the body and the red on the wing, which, 

 moreover, has a crimson hue, and is not so extensive as in 

 P. erythropterus ; in all other respects the colouring of the 

 two species is very similar. 



I propose for this new species the trivial name of Crimson- 

 winged Lory, and the scientific one of Ptistes coccineojjterus. 



The female so nearly resembles the same sex of P. erythrop- 

 terus and the extra Australian species P. vulneratus that it is 

 difficult to distinguish them. I may add that of the last- 

 mentioned bird I have not yet seen a male with red shoulders, 

 and if this conspicuous mark never occurs, the two sexes are 

 alike in colour. 



Total length of the adult male 12 inches ; bill f ; wing 7} ; 

 tail 5f ; tarsi f . 



Splendid adult examples of the three species above men- 

 tioned are contained in the national collection. 



