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1. GENUS NEOPSITTACUS SALVADORI 
Neopsittacus Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, Vol. 7, p. 161 (1875) (type Nanodes musschen- 
broekii Rosenberg). 
Characters. Bill yellow-orange, moderately swollen on the sides; under mandible 
moderately broad, with the gonys flattened in front, smooth, and with no distinct ridges; 
nostrils exposed. 
Geographical distribution. New Guinea and Timor. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES 
a. Inner web of the quills towards the base ved. 
a’. Tail longer, brighter green above, ochre-yellow below . . . . . . . +. N. MUSSCHENBROEKI. 
b!. Tail shorter (86 mm.) darker green above, brownish green below. . . . . N. PULLICAUDA. 
b. Inner web of the quills with no ved at the base. 
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1. Neopsittacus musschenbroeki (Rosenberg) (Plate 1, Fig. 3, 7, 8, 9). N. W. New Guinea. 
Nanodes musschenbroekit Rosenberg, fide Schlegel, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. Vol. 4, 
p- 34 (1871). 
Veopsiltacus musschenbroeki Salvadori, cf. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 86 
(1891); Hartert, Novit. Zool. Vol. 3, p. 533 (1896); Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, p. 535. 
2. Neopsittacus pullicauda [lartert (Plate 1, Fig. 6). S. E. New Guinea. 
Neopsittacus pullicauda Hartert, Novit. Zool. Vol. 3, p. 17 (1896); Salvadori, Ibis, 
1905, p. 536. 
Neopsittacus viridiceps De Vis, Ibis, 1897, p. 371; cf. Hartert, Novit. Zool. Vol. 4, p. 360 
1897) |= pullicauda); Rothschild, Novit. Zool. Vol. 5, p. 510 (1898). 
3. Neopsittacus iris (Temminck) (Plate 1, Fig. 1). Timor. 
Psittacus iris Yemminck, Pl. Col. 567 (1835). 
Neopsittacus tvis Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 87 (1891). 
4. Neopsittacus rubripileus Salvadori (Plate 1, Fig. 2). E. Timor. 
Neopsittacus rubribileum (sic) Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 88 (1891); 
cf. Hartert, Novit. Zool. Vol. 5, p. 119 (1898). 
Veopsittacus rubripileus Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, p. 536. 
2. GENUS CYCLOPSITTACUS REICHENBACH 
Cyclopsitta Keichenbach, Syst. Av. Nat. tab. 83 (1850); Jacquinot & Pucheran, Voy. Pole Sud, Zool. 
Vol. 3, p. 107 (1853) (type Pstttacula diophthalma Hombr. & Jacquinot). 
Synonym : Ofopsitta Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1860, p. 227. 
Characters. Bill black or dark horn-colour, much swollen on the sides; gonys broadly 
flattened in front, and with several distinct ridges and grooves; nostrils exposed, or hidden when 
the cere is feathered. 
Geographical distribution. The Papuan Islands and North-eastern Australia. 
