CHALCOPSITTA SPECTABILIS. 127 



NOTE XVII. 



ON A NEW SPECIES OF CHALCOPSITTA 

 FROM N. W. NEW GUINEA 



by 



Dr. E. D. VAN OORT. 



This magnificent new species of the genus Chalcopsitta , 

 which I describe here under the name of 



Chalcopsitta spectabilis, nov. sp. 



is nearly allied to Chalcopsitta insignis Oustalet; it differs 

 however in many respects from this species and shows at 

 the same time some relation to Chalcopsitta scintillatus 

 (Temminck). 



Forehead, lores and upper parts of the cheeks red ; head 

 and neck black; lower cheeks and throat black with a 

 red tinge; elongated feathers of the hind neck and upper 

 back purplish black with greenish yellow shaftstreaks ; 

 back and wings dark greenish brown, the smaller wing- 

 coverts with dark edges, near the bend of the wing the 

 feathers violet; rump bright blue; upper tailcoverts dark 

 green ; tailfeathers above olive-green with violet tips, 

 underneath olive-yellow with red bases; breastfeathers 

 dark violet with red bases and some of the lower ones 

 with yellow shaftstreaks; abdomen and under tailcoverts 

 dark green ; tibiae red ; feathers of the sides of the body 

 red with green or violet apical parts; underwingcoverts 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXX. 



