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1. CHARMOSYNOPSIS PULCHELLA. 



(THE FAIR LORY.) 

 [Plate LV. Fig. 1, male; Fig. 2, female.] 



Charmosyna pulchella, G. R. Gray, List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 102 (1859); Sharpe, Gould's 



B. of New Guinea, vol. v. pi. xiii. (1876). 

 Charmosyna pectoralis, Rosenb. Journ. f. Orn. 1862, p. 64. 

 Bos pulchella, Schleg. Dierent. p. 69 (1864). 

 Lorius pulohellus, id. Mus. P.-B., Psittaci, p. 130, note (1864). 

 Nanodes pulohellus, id. Mus. P.-B., Psittaci, Revue, p. 52 (1874). 

 Coriphikis pulohellus, Einsch, Neu-Guin. p. 158 (1865). 

 Trichoglossus pulohellus, Pinsch, Papag. ii. p. 877 (1868); id. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. 



vol. i. p. 149, pi. xvii. (1876) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. xxix. fig. 3 (1878-83). 

 Psitteateles pulohellus, G. R. Gray, Hand-list, ii. p. 157 (1870). 

 Gharmosynopsis pulchella, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. pp. 37, 123 (1877) ; id. Orn. 



Pap. e Mol. i. p. 317 (1880), iii. p. 520 (1882) ; id. Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus.xx.p. 79 



(1891). 



No yellow collar round the base of the neck. 

 Habitat. New Guinea. 



Salvadoki considers that this species probably inhabits the whole of New Guinea. It was 

 discovered by Dr. Wallace at Dorey, but nothing is known of its habits. Baron Rosenberg 

 declares it to be there plentiful. Dr. Meyer collected specimens on the west coast of 

 Geelvink Bay and at an elevation of 3500 feet in the Arfak Mountains. 



In this bird the upper parts (back, wings, and upper tail-coverts) are grass-green. The 

 uropygiutn is blackish, with a shade of purple in the middle, on either side of which colour 

 there is red. The occiput and nape are purplish black, the rest of the head, the back of the 

 neck, the lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, and chin are carmine-red ; the same brilliant tint is spread 

 over the underparts to, and including, the under tail-coverts. The breast and flanks are marked 

 with narrow bright yellow streaks. The thighs appear dark violet, for the edges of the 

 feathers are of that tint, though nearer the shaft the feathers are dark green. The quills 

 are black underneath, but the under wing-coverts are red. The tail is red, green, and 

 yellow above. The central tail-feathers are carmine-red, green at the base, and with 

 yellowish tips ; the lateral feathers are largely carmine, but their outer webs are edged with 

 green, but the whole of the lateral feathers become bright yellow towards and at the tips. 



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