from the Papuan Region. 413 



The female differs from the male chiefly in the absence of 

 the red on breast and abdomen ; besides, the feathers on the 

 middle of the crown are tipped with blue, and in front of the 

 black band on the nape there is an olive-coloured one of the 

 same breadth. Oustalet does not describe the olive band in 

 the male, in which the green of the head is separated from 

 the green of the hind neck by the black band only. 



Length of wing 0-105 m,, of tail 0-056 m., of bill (culmen) 

 0-020 m., of tarsus 0-01 1 m. 



It would perhaps be advisable to remove C. edwardsi and 

 C. salvadorii to a separate genus, on account of the long 

 curiously shaped plumes of the cheeks and sides of the head, 

 which diverge from the eye as a centre, a character not pos- 

 sessed by the other species of the genus Cyclopsittacus. 



3. Lorius erythrothorax, Salvad. 



New Guinea, Constantine Harbour or neighbourhood 

 (Kubary). 



4. Trichoglossus massena, Bp. 

 Constantine Harbour, New Guinea (Kubary). 



5. Caliechthrus leucolophus (Mull.). 



Constantine Harbour, New Guinea, May 1887. Native 

 name " Gounkohar, Sakeke" (Kubary). 



6. Merops philippinus, L. 



Kurakakaul, north coast of New Britain. Native name 

 "Purupir" (Kubary). 



The occurrence of this species in New Britain is very 

 remarkable, as, till now, only Merops ornatus has been re- 

 corded from the Papuan region and Australia. The speci- 

 men is a young bird, apparently of the first year. I have 

 compared it with a long series from Celebes, the Philippines, 

 Singapore, and other localities, as well as with many youn°- 

 specimens of M. ornatus from Celebes and New Guinea. 

 The bill is very short, only 32 mm. (culmen) long; whereas 

 in a specimen from Makassar, captured by myself in the year 

 1871, of the same age and in quite similar plumage, it 

 measures 35 mm. (in full-grown specimens up to 43 mm ) , 



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