196 MR. p. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM TIMOR LAUT. [Apr. 17, 



" $ ." The male not yet having been described, I give short dia- 

 gnoses of both sexes. 



(S . Late viridis, capite clariore, subcaudalibus flavicante tinctis ; 

 suhalarihus et hypochondriis coccineis; campterio atari et remigum 

 primariorum marginibus externis et secundariomini {extus dorso 

 concoloruni) apicibus cceruleis ; alarum pagina inferiore nigra; 

 Cauda supra viridi dorso concoloi-i, subtus nigra, apice plus quam 

 semipollicari abrupte Jlavo ; rectrice una utrinque extima in po- 

 gonio exteriore cceruleo notata ; rostra superiore rubro, apice flavi- 

 cante ; inferiore nigra : long, tola ITS, alee S'7, caudx 4'6. 

 5 . Rubro-punicea, capite et corpare subtus coccineis ; crisso flavo ; 

 campterio atari et remigum primariorum marginibus externis 

 cceruleis ; cauda supra ad basin viridi in rubrum transeunte, ad 

 apicem lateflava, subtus ^ava ad basin nigricante ; rostra nigra ; 

 crassitie pauta minore. 



Hab. insulas Tenimberen.ses. 



Of the four skins in the present collection, two males (green) are 

 from Larat, and one male and one female from Loetoe. 



As I remarked in my former paper, there can be no longer any 

 doubt that Ecteetus riedeli is quite a distinct species of the genus, 

 characterized by the broad well-defined yellow tail-end of the male, 

 and by the absence of the blue on the back of the neck and on the 

 belly in the female. Neglecting E. westermanni and Ecteetus Cor- 

 nelia, of which we do not know the opposite sexes or the localities, 

 we are now acquainted with both sexes and the patriae of four species 

 of tl)ese anomalous Parrots, disti'ibuted as follows : — 



(1) E. pectoratis {^&\v2i(\. 0^. cit. p. 197), of New Guinea and the 

 Aru and Ke islands, extending to New Britain, New Ireland, and 

 the Solomon Islands. 



(2) E. raratus (Salvad. p. 206), of the island-group of Halmahera, 

 i, e. Halmahera, Ternate, Batchian, Morty, and Obi. 



(3) E. cardinalis (Salvad. p. 210), of the island-group of Ceram, 

 i. e. Ceram, Amboina, and Bouru. 



(4) E. riedeli, of the Tenimber group. 



The males of these four species are very similar in colouring ; but 

 with the help of Dr. Salvadori's diagnosis of the first three we may 

 separate them as follows: — 



A. Majores: cauda supra cserulco variegata. 



Cauda minus caerulea ( 1 ) pectoralis. 



Cauda magis cterulea (2) raratus. 



B. Minores : cauda supra viridi, subtus nigra. 



Cauda apice angusto flavicante (3) cardinalis. 



Caudae fascia apicali distmcte flava (4) riedeli. 



The female of jE". riedeli, as already mentioned, is very easily distin- 

 guished from the same sex of the first three species by the absence 

 of the blue neck-band and of the blue on the abdomen. As regards 

 its yellow under tail-coverts and yellow tail-end, it comes nearest to 

 E. raratus. 



