1876. 



MR. SCLATKR ON THE SKINS OF FIJIAN PARROTS. 



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of rufous. The hair cm the front of the metacarpal cannon bones is 

 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. 



Hah. Northern parts of Siam. 



Cervus 

 schomburgki. 



Cervus 

 duvaucelli. 



Cervus eldi. 



inches. 



Height at shoulder | 41 



Length of ear 6*5 



Width of ear 38 



Length of tail, exclusive of hair 4 



Length of beam from burr to 



fork 8 



Length of longest tine on an- 

 terior branch of fork 16 



Length of longest tine on pos- 1 



terior branch of fork ■ 17 



Greatest span of coronal tines..; 22-2 



Length of brow-antlers ; 17*5 



Total length of skull | 



From free extremity of pwmax-i 



ilia? 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 ' 



inches. 

 43 



3-5 



17 

 13 



inches. 

 32 



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 Walden'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 readilv 

 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 tour 

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

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



1. P. atrigularis (Peale): Ngau Island (Rayner). 



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