﻿156 CASSIN'S DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF PSITTACID^E. 



and nearly equal ; tail moderate, rather wide, the two central feathers with their 

 shafts exserted and with spatula-formed tips ; tarsi and toes robust. A small bare 

 space at the base of the upper mandible. 



Dimensions. — Total length (of skin) about 11 inches; wing 7i ; tail 5 inches. 



Colors. — Entire under parts greenish yellow, extending upwards and forming a wide 

 collar around the neck, the yellow most clear and distinct on the breast and collar; 

 greener on the abdomen and inferior coverts of the tail. 



Head green, tinged with light blue on the vertex. Body, wings and tail above, 

 dark green ; first primary light blue on its outer edge ; all the quills margined with 

 brownish-black on their inner webs ; tail tipped with black and with its inferior 

 surface greenish blue. Bill, in dried specimen, nearly white, tinged with horn color 

 at its base. 



Hob. — Celebes. 



Obs. — The only specimen of this bird in the collection, is one of the many valuable 

 contributions to our collections made by Mr. Edward Wilson, and is labelled as a 

 native of the island of Celebes. It is quite different from either P. platurus or P. 

 disowns, both of which are in the collection of the Academy, and is peculiarly cha- 

 racterized by its yellow breast and wide cervical collar of the same color. 



6. Paljeornis Gironieri. Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1853, p. 195 (May.) 

 Pal^eornis viridicollis. Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philada., VI., p. 378 

 (June, 1853.) 



The paper in the Proceedings of the Academy in which the species above given are 

 originally described, contains also a description of the present bird, of which several 

 specimens have been sent from Europe by Mr. Edward Wilson. It was however 

 described a short time previously by Messrs. Verreaux, as above, whose name is of 

 course to be adopted. 



