250 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



Aprosmictus callopterus wilhelmince Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. 

 XX. p. 487 (1913). 



a, b. c? . White Water Camp, Kapare River, 22nd Oct. 

 1910. [Nos. 361, 362, C.H.B. G.] [No. 361, Tf/pe of the 

 subspecies.^ 



c, rf. c? et ? iinm. Iwaka River, 31st Jan. & 8th Feb. 

 1911. [Nos. 970 & 970a, C.H.B. G.] 



e-h. (T ? . Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 29th Nov.- 

 24th Dec. 1912. [C.B.K.] 



Since the description of A. ivilhelmince was drawn up 

 I have received further specimens obtained on the Iwaka 

 River by the B.O. U. Expedition, and two adult pairs from 

 the Utakwa River collected by the Wollaston Expedition. 

 One male among the latter has all the scapulars dark green 

 as in the type-specimen, while in the other one or two of the 

 scapular feathers are shaded with blackish, indicating an 

 approach toward typical A. callopterus from the Fly River. 

 For this reason the present form cannot be regarded as 

 more than a subspecies of A. callopterus. Another close 

 ally, A. c. chloropterus Ramsay, from South-east New Guinea, 

 has the blue on the upper mantle continued on to occiput 

 in a broad band. 



The adult male differs from A. callopterus in having the 

 scapulars dark green instead of black ; and the purplish-blue 

 area restricted to the upper portion of the mantle. The iris 

 is orange, the orbits olive-brown ; bill black, basal part of the 

 upper mandible deep orange ; feet sooty-black. Wing 

 197 mm., tail 212. 



The adult female resembles the female of A. callopterus 

 figured by Gould, and has the feathers of the fore -neck and 

 chest green rather widely barred across the tip with dull 

 crimson-scarlet : the two outer pairs of tail-feathers are 

 tipped with pink, but this is clearly a variable character and 

 may be absent. 



A female in first plumage has the fore-neck and chest dull 

 green with indistinct brownish margins to the feathers ; the 

 tail-feathers, mostly of the first plumage (only the three outer 

 pairs on the right side having been moulted) are pointed at 



