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Geographical Distribution. Only one species inhabiting the Fiji Islands. 
1. Calliptilus solitarius (Latham) (Plate 3, Fig. 5). Fiji Islands. 
Psittacus solitarius Latham, Ind. Orn. Suppl. Vol. 2, p. 23 (18o0r). 
Calliptilus solitarius Sundevall, cf. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.Vol. 20, p. 42 (1891); 
Mivart, Mon. Lor. pl. 25 (1896); Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, p. 413. 
5. GENUS VINIA LESSON 
Vini Lesson, Illustr. Zool. pl. 28 (1831) (type Vinz coccinea Lesson = Psittacula kuhlit Vigors). 
Synonym : Vea (nomen emend.) Sharpe, Hand List, Vol. 2, p. 4 (1900). 
Characters. Point of maxilla long, but not thin; tail-feathers twelve, rather broad and 
more or less rounded at the tip; tail moderate; two middle feathers longer than the lateral ones ; 
size small, but somewhat larger than that of a sparrow; feathers of the crown long and shaft- 
streaked; the first three or four primaries notched at the tip; general colour green. 
Geographical Distribution. Only two species are known, confined to Samoa, Friendly 
and Fanning Islands. 
KEY OF THE SPECIES 
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1. Winia australis (Gmelin). Samoa and Friendly Is. 
Psittacus australis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Vol. 1, p. 329, n® 90 (1788). 
Vini-australis Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 43 (1891); Mivart, Mon. Lor. 
pl. 26, f. 2 (1896). 
Vinia australis, Sharpe, Hand List, Vol. 2, p. 4 (1900); Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, p. 413. 
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. Vinia kuhlii (Vigors) (Plate 3, Fig. 4). Washington and Fan- 
Psittacula kuhlit Vigors, Zool. Journ. Vol. 1, p. 412, pl. 16 (1824) ning Islands. 
Vint kuhlii, Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 45 (1891); Mivart, Mon. Lor. 
pl. 26, f. 2 (1896). 
Vinia kuhliz, Sharpe, Hand List, Vol. 2, p. 4 (1900); Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, p. 413. 
6. GENUS CORIPHILUS WAGLER 
Coriphilus Wagler, Mon. Psitt. p. 494 (1832) (type of the genus Psittacus taitianus Gmelin). 
Characters. Point of maxilla long, but not thin; tail moderate; tail-feathers twelve, 
broad, more or less rounded at the tips, the two middle feathers somewhat longer than the 
lateral ones; feathers of the crown long and shaft-streaked; general colour blue; no red or 
green colour in the plumage. 
Geographical Distribution. Only two species confined to the Society and Marquesas 
Islands. 
KEY OF THE SPECIES 
a. Dark blue; cheeks, throat and upper breast white. . . . . . « . = « os ChrarmraNus; 
b. Pale blue; cheeks and throat blue, dotted with white. . . . . . . . . « . ~ C. ULTRAMARINUS. 
