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OREOPSITTACUS. 



THIN-BILLED LORIES. 



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 thiu as well as long ; bill black. 



Range. Arfak Mountains in the north, and Victoria Mountain in south-east, of New Guinea. 



The two species which constitute this genus differ remarkably from all other Lories by 

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

 Their coloration (red, green, and blue) is attractive, and they are 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), its component 

 species are entirely confined to New Guinea. 



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