248 ON THE GENUS LOEICULUS. 



colour of the front and of the underparts of the bird bright yellowish 

 green, shading more or less into greyish green on the throat, the neck, 

 and the front. General colour of the upper parts green, somewhat bronzed. 

 Quills black, shading into green on the upper side of their outer web, and 

 broadly margined with greenish blue on the underside of their inner web. 

 Under wing-coverts showing the same colour of greenish blue; middle 

 green ; small coverts yellowish green. Upper parts of the rectrices blackish 

 green, shading more or less into black on the lateral feathers, which, besides, 

 are tipped with yellowish. Naked skin of the chin in the adult followed bv 

 a small patch of dark scarlet-red. Rump and upper tail-coverts of the same 

 red colour. 



^^The sexes offer no visible difference in coloration. 



" M. von Rosenberg has observed this small bird in the neighbourhood 

 of houses and gardens ; and he says that it is rather scarce. It feeds on 

 fruits.'' 



Dr. Finsch says (Papag. ii. 2, 1868, p. 729, pi. 5) :— 



" CORYLLIS EXILIS (Schlcg.). 



^'^ Coryllis exilis (Sclilegel)^ Das kleinste Papag. pi. 5. 



^^ Loriculus eocilis, Schlegel^ Nederl. T. v. d. Dierk. 1865^ p. 185. 



" Diagnosis, Just like O. flos cuius ^ Wallace, but much smaller. Wings 



2" 2-6'^ 



'^ C. flosculo simillima at multo minor. L. al. 2^^ 2-^'^' J' 



[Finsch's diagnosis of C.jlosculus is (p. 728) : — '^ In general quite like 

 O. pusilla, but the gular patch red (not bright yellow).'* 



Finsch's diagnosis of C. pusilla (p. 725) is : — " Grass-green, upper parts 

 of the back shading into orange ; gular patch bright yellow ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts red/'] 



