376 ON A RECENT ADDITION TO THE 



" LORICULUS TENER, Sp. IIOV. 



''Fem. Clare viridis fere unicolor, uropygio et caudae tectricibus superioribus flavicantibus : 

 macula gutturali rubra : remigibus et rectricibus nigris, extus dorso concoloribus, in 

 pagina inferiore Ifete c^eruleis : rectricnm ipsis apicibus flavicantibus : rostro nigro : 

 pedibus fuscis : long. tot. 3'8, alae 2'7 , caudse 1*2. 



" Hal. Duke-of-York Island (Nov. 1875). 



"Unfortunately there is only a single example of this diminutive 

 Loriculus in the collection. It would seem to be nearest to L. aurantiifrons 

 of Schlegel (Nederl. Tijdschr. iv. p. 9), but has not the red rump, 

 w^hich, so far as I can tell from Schlegel' s description^, is present in both 

 sexes of that species. 



'' Salvadori (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 912) and Meyer (Sitzungsb. 

 Isis, 1875, p. 78) both record the occurrence of L, aurantiifrons in New 

 Guinea, it having been originally described from Mysol. It is the only 

 species of the genus yet known to be found there.'' 



I have now a few additional remarks to offer upon this subject : — 



Prof. Salvadori, as I have already stated in a footnote to my paper 

 above referred to, has most kindly sent me for examination, from the 

 Museum of Turin, the example of the female of L. aurantiifrons which 

 was obtained by Bruijn's hunters at Andai in May 1875. The red rump is 

 most unmistakably present ; and whether my example of L. tener be male or 

 female, the species is certainly distinct from L, aurantiifrons. 



In the accompanying Plate fig. 1 represents this specimen of L 

 aurantiifrous, whilst in figs. 2 and 3 are given views of the type of L. tener. 

 The differences will be obvious on comparison. 



