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Psittacella brehmi, part., Salvad. Cat. B. xx. p. 498 (1891) ; 
id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) xvi. p. 62 (Moroka) (1896). 
Psittacella brehmi pallida Wartert, Nov. Zool. 11. pp. 18, 
255, 532 (1896) ; id. Ibis, 1897, pp. 58-60; Rothsch. & 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 87 (1901). 
Dr. Hartert insists on considering the slight differences 
existing between the South-eastern and Arfak specimens as 
subspecific; according to me the slightly more greyish hue 
of the olive throat, the slightly paler cheeks, and the more 
yellowish colour of the green under-parts are not sufficient 
to separate the birds of the two localities. As to the bluish- 
green tinge of the tips of the rectrices underneath, pointed 
out by Mr. de Vis, I have already remarked that it is to be 
found also in northern birds, and seems to be apparent only 
in old birds. 
PsirraceLia Picta Rothsch. Bull. B. O. C. vol. vi. p. v 
(Mt. Victoria) (1896); Hartert, Nov. Zool. ii. p. 533 
(1896) ; id. Ibis, 1897, p. 59, pl. in.; Rothsch. Ibis, 1897, 
p. 112; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 87 (1901). 
Male. Crown chestnut-rufous, sides of the head greyish 
brown ; an orange-yellow collar on the hind-neck ; sides of 
the neck with a chestnut-rufous spot (?). Above green ; 
lower rump and upper tail-coverts deep red; back and 
rump with black cross-bars ; wings blackish, outer webs of 
quills green, the primaries with yellow edges towards the 
tips; throat and breast blue ; under tail-coverts red; rest of 
under parts green; a blue tinge along the middle of the 
abdomen ; under wing-coverts green, bend of wing bluish. 
Wing 112 mm., tail 70, culmen 15. 
Female. No orange-yellow collar, cross-bars above more 
numerous ; breast yellowish, with broad black cross-bands ; 
abdomen with indistinct yellowish and dusky cross-bars. 
Otherwise like the male (Rothschild). 
The young male resembles the old female, but the head is 
not brownish red, but brown with greenish edges to the 
feathers (Rothsch. & Hartert). 
Hab. Mount Victoria, in the Owen Stanley Range, 
