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Total length, 24 in. ; bill, 2-9 in. ; wing, 13 in. ; tail, 11 in.; 

 tarsus, 175 in. 



Hab. : 1 to 8. 



Sub-family — Centropodin^. 



Wings shorter (than Cuculinse), and curved to fit the body. 



Genus— CENTROPUS.— Hind claw straight. 



467- C. pliasianus. Lath., Spur-footed Cuckoo (Coucal). 



Adult. — Feathers of upper and under surface dull black, with 

 glossy black shafts ; wing coverts mottled witli tawny brown and 

 black ; remainder of wing rich chestnut, crossed with black bars ; 

 lower part of back deep green, freckled with black. 



Young have all upper surface reddish -brown, with conspicuous 

 glossy tawny shafts ; throat and breast tawny, with lighter shafts. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 8. 



ORBEB.— FSITTACI. 



Feet permanently zygodactyl by reversion of the fourth toe ; covered with 

 plates. Bill short and very stout, strongly hooked or epignathous, 

 and furnished with a cere. 



FAMILY— LORIID^. 



Bill longer than deep ; under mandible with gonys nearly straight. 

 Tongue brushy. 



Oenus—TRICHOGLOSSUS.— Shaft streaks more or less blue on forehead 

 (as on rest of head) ; breast generally tinged with red. 



468. T. IlOVae-hoUaildice, Gmelin, Blue-bellied Lorikeet (Blue- 



mountain). 



Head and belly blue ; chest red ; band on nape greenish-yellow. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



469. T. rubri torques. Vig. and Hors., Red-collared Lorikeet. 



Head blue ; chest red ; belly olive-green ; band on nape orange. 

 Hab. : 1, 8, 9. 



Genus— PSITTEUTELES.— Like Trichoglossus, only different colour ; no 

 blue shaft streaks ; no red on breast ; bill red. 



470 P, chlorolepidottlS, Kuhl. (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), 

 Scaly-breasted Lorikeet. 



All upper surface, wings, and tail grass-green ; all feathers of under 

 surface bright yellow, margined at tip with crescent of grass-green ; 

 under surface of shoulder rich scarlet. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 6, 7. 



Genus — PTILOSCLERA. — Predominant colour green, with shaft streaks 

 on neck and body ; bill orange-red. 



471. P, versicolor. Vigors (Trichoglossus versicolor), Varied Lorikeet. 



Back broM'cish-gi-een ; wings green ; i-ed across breast ; abdomen 

 green ; all feathers of under surface with narrow line of bright 

 yellow down centre. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



Genus— GLOSSOPSITTACUS.— Predominant colour green; bill black; 

 first primary etjual to or a little shorter than second and third. 



472. G. COllcillllllS, Shaw (Trichoglossus concinnus). Musk Lorikeet. 



General colour green ; no red in cheeks ; ear coverts red, like fore- 

 head. 



Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



