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2. OREOPSITTACUS GRANDIS. 



(THE VICTORIA LORY.) 

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



Oreopsittacus grandis, W. R. Ogiivie-Grant, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 

 No. xxxi. p. xt. (Species described at the Meeting of Wednesday, 18th December, 

 1895.) 



Male without any red on abdomen ; female with the pileum golden green and underparts without any 

 orange and uniformly green in tint. 



Habitat. Mount Victoria, in South-eastern New Guinea. 



This species of Oreopsittacus, which is much larger tban 0. arfahi, was collected on 

 Mount Victoria, which, together with the Owen Stanley range, is in South-eastern New 

 Guinea. Two specimens, a male and a female, were among a number of other birds recently 

 sent from New Guinea to a firm in the City of London. The British Museum purchased 

 them, and our Plate represents tbe type of the species, which is here figured for the first 

 time. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant characterizes this new species as follows : — " <s similis O. arfahi <s , 

 sed multo major, et plaga abdominali rubra absente distinguendus. $ similis O. arfahi § , 

 sed multo major et abdomine viridi concolore distinguenda." 



In the male the upper parts are dark green. The pileum is bright red, but not so bright 

 as in O. arfahi, while the red colour is more extended than in that species. The cheeks and 

 ear-coverts are dark blue with white spots ; but the blue is darker and the white spots are 

 larger than in O. arfahi. There is no red on the abdomen, though there are some red 

 feathers on the flanks, hidden under the wing. The breast and abdomen are green, and the 

 under tail-coverts are green and yellow. The thighs are dark green. The primaries are 

 mainly blackish, but externally edged with blue, which is, however, much less bright than in 

 0. arfahi. The under wing-coverts are red, and there is a yellow band beneath the wing, 

 formed by yellow patches on tbe middle of the inner webs of the quills. The bluish tinge on 

 the tail is somewhat darker blue than in the smaller species and the tip of the tail is much 

 more red. 



The female has the pileum of a golden-green tint. The abdomen is entirely green 

 without any orange tinge. The cheeks and tail are like those of the male bird. 



Total length 63 inches, wing 35, tail 3'3, bill 0'7, tarsus 0"65. 



