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with purple, while the belly and flanks are yellow barred 

 with green. 



The tiniest Lory is Loriculus meeki, a minute species, 

 about the size of a Blue Titmouse, with brilliant green 

 plumage, orange-yellow forehead, and the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts as well as a spot on the throat scarlet. 

 The female differs in having the forehead and cheeks 

 verditer-green. 



The genus Geoffroyus is represented by two species : 

 the commoner G. amensis with the plumage green, the 

 male having the crown and nape violet-blue and the 

 rest of the head and neck scarlet, while in the female 

 these parts are brown ; also the much rarer G. simplex 

 which is entirely green with a dull lilac blue ring round the 

 neck. This latter is a very rare bird in collections, but 

 was seen on the higher parts of the mountains above the 

 Iwaka River in flocks of upwards of twenty individuals. 



Other small and brilliantly coloured species of Lories 

 are Charmosynopsis pulchella and C. muUistriata, the 

 latter a remarkable new species with green plumage, and 

 the whole of the under-parts streaked with bright yellow. 

 It was recently described by Mr. Rothschild from a male, 

 shot by A. S. Meek on the Oetakwa River ; a second 

 specimen, a female, was obtained on the Mimika by 

 Mr. Goodfellow. We must also mention Chalcopsittacns 

 scintillans, Hypocharmosyna placens, Charmosyna jose- 

 phincB, the rare Glossopsittacits goldiei, and three species 

 of Cyclopsittacus, viz. C. melanogenys, which is green 

 with a white throat, black cheeks, deep orange breast, 

 and ultramarine wings ; C. diophthahnus ; and C. god- 

 mani, a new and handsome species with the general 

 colour green, the head and nape orange-scarlet, the 

 upper mantle orange-yellow, the cheeks covered with 

 long, pointed, yellowish feathers, and the chest verditer- 

 blue. 



Behind the camp at Wakatimi lay a swamp which 



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