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7. HYPOCHARMOSYNA RUBRONOTATA. 



(THE RED-MARKED LORY.) 

 [Plate LIL, both Figures male.] 



CoripJiilus rubronotatus, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 165 ; Salvadori, Orn. Pap. e ILol. i. 



p. 311 (1S80). 

 Nanodes rubronotatus (part.), Schleg. Mus. P.-B., Psittaci, B,evue, p. 51 (1871). 

 Triclwglossus rubronotatus, Pinsch, Papag. ii. p. 876 (1868) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xxix. 



fig. 1 (1878-83). 

 Psitteuteles rubronotatus, G. P. Gray, Hand-list, ii. p. 157 (1S70). 

 Charmosyna rubronotata, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1861, pp. 293, 291. 

 Hypocharmosyna rubronotata, Salvadori, Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 76 (1891). 



No red, but a yellow band on the inner web of the quills ; cheeks and throat red in the males ; a dull red 

 patch on the upper tail-coverts ; the female with yellow streaks on the ear-coverts. 



Habitat. Salwatty and Western New Guinea. 



Oun Plate represents the type of the species, which was obtained by its first describer, 

 Dr. Wallace, in the island of Salwatty. 



This Lory is very like H. kordoana. The upper parts, including the scapulars and upper 

 wing-coverts, are dark green, with a bronzy tinge (as in the last-named species), and the 

 forehead is bright red ; there is also a patch of duller red on the tail-coverts, but this is less 

 extended than in H. kordoana. The cheeks, chin, and underparts are yellowish green, 

 darker, however, than in the last-named form, but the green is similarly continued backwards 

 between the eye and the auriculars, which are blue. Below and in front of the latter (on the 

 cheeks) there are some streaks of yellow-green. The breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts 

 are yellowish green, as also the thighs, save that they are a trifle more grass-green ; the 

 breast has, on either side, a very bright red patch. The quills are dusky, but with a yellow 

 patch on the inner web, forming a yellow band beneath when the wing is expanded. The 

 under wing-coverts are bright crimson. The tail is dark green above, mainly yellow beneath, 

 with black spots, which together tend to form a letter V. The lateral tail-feathers are red at 

 the base of the inner web, which is succeeded by a black spot, beyond which the feathers 

 are yellow. 



The bill is red, the iris yellow-red, and the feet dull red. 



Total length 6-6 inches, wing 3-3, tail 27, bill 05, tarsus 0-6. 



The female is said to be like the male, except that there is no red on the forehead. The 

 sides of the breast and the under wing-coverts are yellowish green ; the ear-coverts are 

 green with yellow streaks. 



