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2. CHARMOSYNA STELLA. 



(STELLA'S LORY.) 

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



Charmosyna josepMnce, Sharpe (nee Pinsch), Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi. p. 428 (1882). 

 Trichoglossiis papuana, Eamsay (nee Pinsch), Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. p. 244 (1885). 

 Trichoglossiis josepMnce, id. loc. cit. 

 Charmosyna stellce, Meyer, Zeitschr. f . ges. Orn. 1886, p. 9, Taf. ii. ; Sharpe, Gould's 



Birds of N. Guinea, vol. v. pi. xv. (1888) ; Salvadori, Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 83 



(1891). 



Middle tail-feathers green at the base ; no yellow patch on the sides of the breast. 

 Habitat. South-eastern New Guinea. 



This species was first determined and described by Dr. Meyer, who named it after 

 Baroness Stella Erggelet. 



It seems to be the representative in Southern New Guinea of the Papuan Lory of the 

 nortb of that island. It appears to be abundant in the Astrolabe Mountains, where many 

 specimens were obtained by Mr. Porbes, and whence Mr. Ramsay received others. 

 Br. Meyer's specimens came from the Owen Stanley Mountains. The native name, 

 Br. Sharpe says (on the authority of Mr. Goldie), is "Biou." 



The wings and the interscapular region of the back are dark grass-green. The rest of 

 the back, uropygium, and upper tail-coverts are crimson, save that there is a patch of blue 

 and purple on the rump. The forehead and crown of the head are crimson. The occiput 

 bears a patch of long lilac-blue feathers, and the nape is black in the shape of a black band 

 advancing forwards on either side to just behind the eye ; behind this the neck, to the 

 interscapular region, is crimson, as are also the ear-coverts, cheeks, chin, throat, and upper 

 breast. The lower breast, abdomen, and thighs are black, with a blue gloss, especially on 

 the thighs. A small patch of green feathers exists on either side of the upper breast just 

 in front of the black coloration. On each flank there are a few white streaks sunmmded 

 with blue. The lower abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts are crimson. The quills are 

 blackish beneath ; the edge of the wing is green and the axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 are crimson. The tail is mainly dark green above ; the two very long central feathers 

 become first red, then orange, and, lastly, yellow towards their ends ; the lateral feathers 

 are yellow towards their ends, the base of the inner web being crimson. 



The bill is red and the feet orange. 



Total length 15'5 inches, wing 5 - 6, tail (longest feathers) 10"4, bill OS, tarsus 055. 



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