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yellow, and tlie long outer series are yellow with greyish- 

 black ends, making a dark band at the base of the quills. 

 In this stage the bird has been described by Dr. A. B. Meyer 

 as Lorius salvadorii. 



A less brilliantly coloured and more common species in 

 the neighbourhood of the Mimika was Eos fuscatus, which 

 has the general colour above sooty-black shaded on the 

 middle of the crown and neck with reddish-orange, and the 

 under-parts widely banded with scarlet. A lovely species 

 ■with a longer tail was Trichoylossus cyanogrammus, which is 

 green Avith a blue face aud greenish-yellow collar, and has 

 the scarlet chest-feathers edged 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 clieeks verditer-green. 



The genus Geoffroyus is represented by two species : the 

 commoner G. aruensis with the plumage green, the male 

 having the crown and nape violet-blue and the rest of tlie head 

 and neck scarlet, while in the female these parts are brown ; 

 also the much rarer G. simplex, whicli is entirely green with 

 a dull lilac-blue ring round the neck. This hitter is a very 

 rai'e 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 

 Charmo synopsis 'pulchella and C multistriata, 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 Chalcopsittacus scintillans, Hypocharmosyna 

 placens, Charmosyna josephince, the rare Glossopsittacus goldiei, 

 and three species of Cyclopsittacus, viz. C. melanogenys, which 

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



