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CATALOGUE OP BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 



of green ; breast purplish green, with a broad orange-yellow streak 

 down the shaft of each feather ; back of neck and nape purplish 

 green, streaked down the shafts with rich yellow ; scapulars, wings 

 and tail green ; back and rump light green streaked with yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts, inner webs near the base of tail, and thighs, car- 

 mine ; quills beneath at base yellow, tinged on some feathers with 

 carmine ; abdomen, sides, and under tail-coverts green, streaked with 

 yellow intermixed near the thighs with crimson ; beneath the tail 

 carmine, tipped with obscure yellow. 



Length 12" ; wings 7" 2'". 



a, b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Allied to C. scintillata, which has the ends of the tail-feathers 

 acutely pointed, while in the Aru species they are decidedly rounded. 



EOS RUBIGINOSA. 



Chalcopsitta rubiginosa, Pr. B. Proc. Z. S. 1850, p. 26. pi. xvi. 

 a. Island of Waigiou. Procured from M. Verreaux. 



Eos ATRA. 



Psittacus ater, Scop. Del. Fl. et Fauna Insubr. p. 87; Sonn. Voy. 

 N. G. t. 110. 



Psittacus novae guinea, Gm. S. N.i. p. 319. 

 Chalcopsitta atra, Pr. B. 

 Hab. New Guinea (Sonnerat). 



ECLECTUS POLYCHLOROS. 



Psittacus polychloros, Scop. Del. Fl. et Fauna Insubr. p. 87. 

 Hab. New Guinea. Island of Waigiou. 



Var. aruensis. 



Psittacus magnus, pt., Wagl. 



This variety differs from the E. polychloros by having the ends of 

 the tail-feathers above more prominently tipped with yellow, which 

 is in some feathers tinged with purple. 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



ECLECTUS LlNNiEI. 



Eclectus Linncei, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 571. t. 22. 



Eclectus puniceus, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 155. 



Eclectus grandis, Mull. Verh. Ethn. p. 22. 



Eclectus cardinalis, Sclat. ? 



Hab. New Guinea; Havre-Dorey (Lesson) ; Lobo (Miiller). 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Eclectus paraguanus. 



Psittacus paraguanus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 336. 

 Psittacodis Paraguee.'Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 574. t. 33. 

 Psittacus Stavorini, Less. Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. p. 628. 

 Hab. Island of Waigiou (Lesson). 



