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Charmosyna Papuensis WAQLEK. 

 'PLATE XIX. 



Charmosyna Papuensis, Wagler, Mon. Psitt. in Abhand. 

 &c., p. 555. Psittacus Papuensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. vol. i. 

 p. 88, sp. 20 Psitt. omnicolor, Lick. Catal. Rer. Nat. 

 Rar., p. 5, No. 48. La Peruche Lory Papou, Le Vaitt. 



p. 9, t. 77. 



To great elegance of form, this species unites a 

 plumage of the richest description, the ground-colour 

 of the body being of a deep but brilliant scarlet, re- 

 lieved in parts with deep azure-blue, yellow, and 

 green. The tail, or at least the two narrow central 

 feathers, greatly exceed the rest of the body in length, 

 as they measure upwards of 1 1 inches, while the for- 

 mer does not exceed 6 ; the lateral feathers are re- 

 gularly graduated, as in the other Lories, the long- 

 est measuring about 4 inches, or one-third the 

 length of the two intermediate plumes. The bill is 

 of an orange-red colour ; the upper mandible is long, 

 with the tip or hooked part projecting far beyond 

 the under one, which is conic and narrow. The 

 tongue is similar in structure and appearance to that 



