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British Museum — we have decided to adopt his judgment and to name it Hypocharmosyna 

 diademata. 



The colour of its bill contrasts strongly with that of all the undoubted species of the 

 genus Glossopisittacus. 



The habitat of H. diademata also — though exceptional — seems less to accord with that 

 of the species of the last-named genus than with the range of the genus Hypocharmosyna, 

 which includes the New Hebrides. 



It appears that the natives of its island home — New Caledonia — give it the name of 

 " Kinldn-lzunalu." 



The colour of the upper parts is grass-green, darker and with a shade of brown on the 

 mantle. The tail-coverts are emerald-green. The forehead is of an emerald-green ; behind 

 this the vertex and occrput are of an ultramarine-blue. The cheeks, chin, and upper part of 

 the throat are almost yellow, so slight is the tint of green. The ear-coverts are grass-green, 

 with emerald-green streaks. The breast, abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts are yellowish 

 green, but there is a scarlet spot on the vent. The quills are brownish and green, the 

 primaries being bordered with very dark green. There is no yellow spot and no yellow band 

 on the under surface of the open wing, which is blackish, save that the under wing-coverts are 

 of a yellowish-green tint. The tail-feathers are dark green above washed with emerald-green, 

 and so form a contrast to the lighter-coloured upper tail-coverts ; they are yellow, slightly 

 greenish, for a considerable space (especially on the inner web) towards their tips, save the 

 two median feathers, which have the yellow part shorter. The outer tail-feathers on each 

 side have the inner web reddish at the base, then black for a short space, and finally yellow 

 tinged with green, which is the tint of the whole under surface of the tail when its feathers 

 are not expanded. The bill is said to be " long and much arched and pointed " ; but in our 

 specimen the apex was broken ; its colour appears to be orange. 



Total length 7'9 inches, wing 375, tail 3'6, bill 0-55, tarsus 04 



