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in the collection of the Philadelphia Academy are without labels in- 

 dicating locality. 



3. Aprosmictus splendens {Peale). 



Plahjcercus Rplendens, Peale, Zool. U. S. Exp. Exp. Birds, p. 127 (1st ed. 1848), 

 Coracopsis personata, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1848, p. 21, PI. Ill ? 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate XX. 



Capite et corpore suhtas nitide ruhris, collari nuchall lato, remigihus pri- 

 mariis rectricibusque exteriiis coeruleis. Corpore supra, reciricibus 

 intermediis viridihiis. Long. tot. IQ poUices. 



Form. — Much resembling in general form Aprosmictus talniensis, amhol- 

 nensis, and scapidatus. Bill short; wings rather short; fourth quill 

 longest ; tail long, wide, wedge-shaped, the central feathers being 

 about three inches longer than the first lateral feather; legs short; 

 toes padded and flattened. 



Dimensions. — Total length (of skin), about sixteen inches; wing, 

 nine inches ; tail, eight and a half inches. 



Colors. — Adult female. Head and entire under parts crimson ; 

 wide and well-defined nuchal collar, primaries, and outer feathers of 

 the tail, blue. Upper parts of the body and wings and central feathers 

 of the tail green, some other feathers of the tail green at their bases. 

 Inner webs of quills and tail feathers and their inferior surfiices black ; 

 inferior coverts of the wings green. Bill and tarsi dark, the former 

 tipped with light yellowish. " Irides bright orange; total length, 

 eighteen inches; extent of wings, 26 inches" (Mr. Peale). 



Hab. — Feejee Islands. Specimen in Nat. Mus. Washington. 



Of the several instances of nearly allied species which we have found 

 it necessary to investigate in the course of our examination of the 

 present collection, this bird presents the most complex, and we admit 

 it as distinct in specific characters only with hesitation. It may be, 



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