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CHARMOSYNOPSIS. 



POINTED-TAILED LORIES. 



Charmosynojpsis, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 37 (1877). 



Type of the genus : C. pulchetta. 



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 on the head, neck, and lower parts red ; the 

 two middle tail-feathers not much longer than the lateral ones ; the primaries not abruptly attenuated 

 towards their tips. (Cf. Salvadori, Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus. I. c.) 



Range. New Guinea and Solomon Islands. 



The Pointed-tailed Lories are not only remarkable for the character their English name 

 implies, but also for their brilliant appearance and bright hues of red and yellow as well as 

 green. 



In their geographical distribution one of them (C. margaritce) is found in the area so 

 singularly left unoccupied — so far as yet known — by the species of the genus Mypochar- 

 mosyna, namely that of the Solomon Islands. 



