34 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF THE 



ECLECTUS CEYLONENSIS. 



Grand Lory, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 275. 



Psittacus ceylonensis, Bodcl. Tabl. des PI. Eid. d'Aubcnt. p. 3. 

 Psittacus grandis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 335 ; Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. 

 i. p. 342. 



Eclectus ceylonensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 418. 

 New Ireland (Port Praslin). 



Eclectus polychloros. 



Green and Red Chinese Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 2~H. 

 Psittacus polychloros, Scop. Del. Fl. et Fauna Insubr. p. 87. 

 Psittacus magnus, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 344. 



Psittacus sinensis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 337 ; Vov. de la Coqu. Zool. 

 i. p. 342. 



Eclectus polychloros, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 418. 

 Polychlorus magnus, Sclater, Proc. Z. S. 1857, p. 226. 

 New Ireland (Port Praslin). 



Psittacus (Geoffroy) heteroclitus. 



Psittacus Geoffroyi heteroclitus, Homb. & Jacq. Ann. des Sci. N. 

 n. s. xvi. p. 319. 



Pionus heteroclitus, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 103. 

 t. 25*. f. 1. 



Geoffroyus heteroclitus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 155. 



Pionus cyaniceps, Pucher. Voy. au Pole Sud, Zool. iii. p. 105. 

 t. 25*. f. 2. 



Solomon Islands. 



Cacatua (Ducropsius) Ducropsii. 



Cacatua Ducropsii, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, i. p. 108. 

 t. 26. f. 1. 

 , Plyctolophus Ducrops, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 156. 

 Ducropsius typus, Pr. B. Compt. Rend. 1857, p. 537. 

 Solomon Islands. 



CuCULIDjE. 



Note. —The bird represented by Levaillant int. 79 of his 'Oiseaux 

 d'Afrique,' and which has been named 



Lanius superbus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii. p. 293, 



Sparactes ?, Illiger, Prod. Mamm. p. 219, 



Sparactes cristatus, Vieill., 



is evidently made up of a specimen of Pogonias sulcirostris, though 

 this remarkably ingenious bird is said to inhabit some of the South 

 Sea Islands. 



Centropus Milo. B.M. 



Centropus Milo, Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1856, p. 136. 

 Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal'). 



