1876.] MR. SCLATER ON THE SKINS OF FIJIAN PARROTS. 3uT 



of rufous. The hair on the front of the metacarpal cannon bones ia 

 lengthened into an everted mane about 2 inches in length. 



Immature male. — Antlers with the posterior of the two main 

 branches less developed than the anterior branch. 



Female. Unknown. 



Hab. Northern parts of Siam. 



Height at shoulder 



Length of ear 



Width of ear 



Length of tail, exclusive of hair 



Length of beam from burr to 

 fork 



Length of longest tine on an- 

 terior branch of fork 



Length of longest tine on pes 

 terior branch of fork 



Greatest span of coronal tines . 



Length of brow-antlers 



Cervics 

 schomhttrgki. 



Cervus 

 duvmicelli. 



Total length of skull 



From free extremity of prsBraax- 



illse to tip of nasals 



From ditto to anterior rim of 



orbit 



Extent of upper premolars . . . 



Extent of upper molars 



Extent of lower premolars ... 

 Extent of lower molars 



inche.s. 

 41 

 6-5 

 3-8 

 4 



8 



1« 



17 



22-2 



17-5 



inches. 

 43 



7 



3-5 



5 



17 

 13 



115 



18 

 14-7 



15-4 



33 



8-2 

 1-9 

 2-6 

 1-8 

 2-9 



Cervus eldi. 



inches. 

 32 



10 



13 



2-6 



6-9 



1-35 



1-85 



1-3 



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March 21, 1876. 



Dr. E. Hamilton, V.P., in the Chair. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited a series of skins of the Parrots of the Fiji 

 Islands, obtained by Mr. E. L. Layard, F.Z.S., and belonging to 

 Lord AValden's Collection. Mr. Sclater called special attention to a 

 new species of the genus Pyrrhulopsis of Reichenbach, from the 

 island of Taviuni, which Mr. Layard proposed to call taviunensis, 

 represented by several specimens. This species had nearly the same 

 purplish red colour as P. tabuensis (sive atrigularis, Peale), of which 

 a fine specimen was living in the Society's Gardens— but was readily 

 distinguishable by the total absence of the blue nuchal collar. Re- 

 ferring to his former remarks on this subject (P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 158), Mr. Sclater pointed out that the special habitat of (bur 

 species of this group of Parrots had now been ascertained, and 

 showed them on a chart of the Fiji group. These were : 



1. P. .\TRu;uLARis (Peale): Ngan Island {Rayner). 



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