628 



MR. E. B. SHAEPE OK THE 



I cannot find any difference between the specimen from Port 

 Moresby and others from Australia in the British Museum. 



4. Aprosmictus chloropterus, Bamsay, I. c. p. 251. — A. 

 Broadbenti, Sharp e, Ami, Sf Mag. Nat. Hist April 1879, p. 313. 



Adult male. General colour above blackish, with a slight green- 

 ish wash, the scapulars like the back ; head all round crimson, 

 with the exception of the nape and hind neck, which are bright 

 blue, this colour extending on to the upper part of the mantle ; 

 lesser wing-coverts along the edge of the wing blackish like the 

 back, with a very faint wash of blue ; the inferior lesser coverts 

 and the whole of the median series bright yellowish green, form- 

 ing a large shoulder-patch ; greater wing-coverts dark like the 

 back ; bastard wing, primary- coverts, and primary quills rather 

 brighter green externally, blackish on the inner web ; the inner 

 secondaries darker, and becoming blacker as they adjoin the sca- 

 pulars ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts deep blue ; tail 

 dull blackish, with a slight greenish gloss on the two centre fea- 

 thers, the rest washed with blue externally ; sides of face, throat, 

 and entire under surface bright crimson ; the under tail-coverts 

 blue-black, tipped with the same crimson as the breast ; under 

 wing-coverts deep blue, the greater series and the lower surface 

 of the quills black. 



Closely allied to A. callopteriis of the Ely Eiver, but having the 

 nape blue as well as the mantle, whereas the whole head is red in 

 the above-mentioaed species. A. chloropterus is also a slightly 

 smaller bird. 



5. Eos PUSCATA, JBlyth ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. x. 

 p. 34 ; Bamsay^ I. c. p. 253. 



A numerous series in Mr. Broadbent's collection, as well as in 

 Mr. Goldie's. 



6. Nasiterna keiensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. x. 

 p. 26 ; Gould, JB. New Guinea, part vi. — In", pusilla, Bamsay, I. c. 

 p. 251. 



A specimen was in Mr. Broadbent's collection, and another in 

 Mr. Groldie's. As far as I can judge without actually comparing 

 specimens, these little Pygmy Parrots appear to belong to the 

 species described by Count Salvadori from the Ke Islands. 



7. ScYTHROPS Nov.T:-nOLLANDTJ5, Lath. ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiii. p. 492 ; Bamsay, I. c. p. 259. 



