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2. CORIPHILUS ULTRAMARINUS. 



(THE ULTRAMARINE LORY.) 

 [Plate XXVII. Fig. 2.] 



Piliidi aus Nukahiwa, Krusenst. Voy. pi. 17. fig. 2 (181-1). 



Psittacus ultramarinus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 49 (1820) ; "Wagl. Monog. Psitt. p. 561 



(1832). 

 Psittacus sa-pplvirinus (part.), Wagl. Monog. Psitt. p. 563 (juv.) (1832). 

 Psittaculus smaragdinus, Hombr. & Jacq. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xvd. p. 318 (1841). 

 Psittaaula lessoni, Lesson, Eclio clu Monde Sav. p. 944 (1843). 

 Psittacula smaragdinis, G. P. Gray, Gen.. B. ii. p. 323, n. 20 (1846). 

 Nanodes smaragdinus, Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Psittaci, p. 117 (1864). 

 Trichoglossus smaragdinus, Giebel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 659 (1877). 

 Domicella smaragdina, Pinsch, Papag. ii. p. 745 (1868). 

 Vini dryas, Lesson, Descr. cles Mamm. et des Ois. p. 191 (1847). 

 Corypliilus dryas, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 165. 



Coryphilus gowpilii, Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, pi. 24 bis, fig. 3 (1846). 

 Coriphihis smaragdinus, G. P. Gray, List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 57 (1859). 

 CoripMlus smaragdinis, G. P. Gray, Hand-list, ii. p. 151, n. 8168 (1870). 

 Coriphilus ultramarinus, Salvin, Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 456 (1882); Salvadori, Cat. 



of Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 48 (1891). 



Pale blue ; cheeks and throat blue, dotted with white ; bill nearly black. 

 Habitat. Marquesas Islands. 



This is the only Lory inhabiting the Marquesas Islands and was not discovered till 1S14 ; of 

 its habits nothing, so far as we know, has been recorded. 



The general colour of the upper parts is pale blue with a greenish tinge, the uropygiuni 

 and upper tail-coverts being paler than the rest. A band of greenish colour crosses the 

 forehead, changing into blue towards the vertex, the feathers of which and of the occiput are 

 lengthened and of a deep blue colour, with a narrow line of shining paler blue down the centre 

 of each. The feathers of the cheeks and throat are deep blue at the base, white at the tip. At 

 the junction of the breast and lower throat there is a broad transverse band of deep blue. 

 The abdomen is blue and white, each feather being of a deep blue with white at the base, 

 and also largely tipped with white. The middle of the lower abdomen and the thighs are 

 deep blue. The under tail-coverts are pale blue with a greenish tinge. The quills are 

 mainly black, but the outer web of each is blue. The tail is whitish blue above, the inner 



