OREOPSITTACUS. 



THIN-BILLED LOEIES. 



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



Type of the genus : 0. arfaki. 



Generic characters. — Tail-feathers fourteen ; point of maxilla very thin as well as long ; bill black. 



Range. Arfak Mountains, New Guinea. 



The single species which constitutes this genus differs remarkably from all other Lories 

 by having two additional feathers to the tail and the maxilla exceedingly thin towards its 

 apex. Its coloration (red, green, and blue) is attractive, and it is distinguished by having 

 the apices of the tail-feathers red instead of yellow. 



Like the last-named genus (and in this like no other genus of the family) it is entirely 

 confined to New Guinea. 



