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PTILOSCLERA. 



GREEN LORIES. 



Ptilosclera, Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. xliv. p. 597, gen. 66 (1857). 



Type of the genus : P. versicolor. 



Generic characters. — Tail-feathers twelve ; point of maxilla long, but not thin ; tail-feathers gradually 

 tapering to a point, more or less acute ; predominant colour underneath, as well as above, green, with 

 shaft-streaks on the neck and body ; tail-feathers green, with no yellow or red colour at the tip ; tail 

 moderate, the two middle feathers not very long ; the first four or five primaries not distinctly 

 attenuated towards the tips; bill orange-red. (Cf. Salvadori, Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus. /. c.) 



Range. North and West Australia. 



This is the only genus of Loriiclce which is exclusively confined to Australia. 



The distinction between it and Psitteuteles consists mainly in the shaft-streaks on the 

 neck and body. 



