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nearly to the occiput; and the middle pair of tail-feathers 

 tipped with scarlet instead of pink, as in 0. arfaki. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of O. arfaki, but 

 larger^ and with the middle pair of tail-feathers tipped with 

 scarlet instead of pink. 



The comparative measurements are as follows : — 



O. arfaki. 0. a. major. 



Males : wing 73-76 mm. Males : wing 85-87 mm. 



Female : wing 73 mm. Females : wing 80-83 mm. 



Hab. Utakwa River. 



Types in the British Museum x S 'i • Camp 11, 8000 ft., 

 7-9. ii. 13. C. B. Kloss. 



Neopsittacus muschenhrocki alpinus, suhsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to N. muschenbrocki but 

 much smaller, and with a conspicuously smaller bill. They 

 are also distinguished by having the crown of the head and 

 nape dark green like the rest of the upperparts, with scarcely 

 a trace of lighter green or yellowish shaft-streaks ; the throat 

 and sides of the body dark green instead of yellowish-green; 

 the chest and upper breast orange-red, the lower breast and 

 belly scarlet, while in N. muschenbrocki all these parts are 

 uniform scarlet ; the tail-feathers dark green to the tip, the 

 outer pairs with the greater part of the inner web red, 

 instead of being widely tipped with orange-yellow; the 

 under surface of the tail dark olive-green instead of yellow 

 or orange-yellow. Upper mandible blood-red, tip yellow ; 

 lower mandible yellow ; feet black. 



Male. Total length 190 mm. ; wing 105 ; tail 89 (in 

 moult). 



Female. Total length 188 mm.; wing 103; tail 84 (in 

 moult) . 



Hab. Utakwa lliver. 



Types in the British Museum : c? ? • Camp 11, 8000 ft., 

 ii, 13. C. B. Kloss. 



Obs. This is an alpine representative of N. muschenbrocki. 



