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Parrot Finches. 
the whole of the under surface and mantle more or less suffused with 
blue: beak black; legs and feet blackish -brown ; iris brown. Length 
&c., as pirilii. 
HnJ>iUil . "Samoa Islands." B.M.C., Vol. XTII. 
- BLUE-coLLArEn Parrot Finch (E. serena). Fig. 
6 on plate. 
Description . Similar to E. syanovirnis. but having the scarlet 
of the nape separated from the green of the back by a broad blue collar : 
beak blackish, legs and feet brown. Total length 4} inches, tail \\. 
Habitat. "Is. of An:-iteum, New Hebrides." B.M.C., Vol. XFII. 
The Royal Parrot Finch (E. regin). Fig. 7 on 
plate. ' 
D(Scription. Body plumage rich blue; wings green, the flights 
brown, with the outer margins more or less green ; forehead, crown, 
nape, sides of face, ear-coverts, and cheeks, rump and upper tail coverts 
intense scarlet; lores dusky. Total length 4 inches, tail 1'. 
Habitat. "Is. of Api, New Hebrides," B.M.C. Vol. XIIT. 
The Three Coloured Parrot Finch (E. Irichroa). 
Fig 8 on plate. 
The appellation " Three-coloured " would have been better given 
to E. tricolor and to have called this specios the Blue-masked, but as 
it has beei; known as Three-coloured for some years it must remain so. 
Description. Green; forehead, fore-crown, sides of face and 
ear-covert.- blue ; rximp and upper tail coverts dull scarlet ; tail blackish 
with the central feathers dull crimson ; beak black ; legs and feet brown ; 
iris blackish. Total length Oj inches, tail 1|. 
Habitat. "Moluccas, New Guinea, Caroline and Solomon Is- 
lands." B.M.C. Vol. XIII. 
The Blue-fronted Parrot Finch (E. ci/avcifrnns) . 
Description. "Similar to E. trichroa. but smaller ami with 
a decidedly smaller bill. Total length 4.5 inches, tail 1.7.3." B.M.C. 
Vol. xm 
Habitat. "Loyalty Islands; New Hebrides." B.M.C, Vol. 
XIII. 
Forbes' Parrot Finch {E. forhcsi). 
This species, common to the Teniniber Islands, resembles E. 
tricolor, but has (he hind head entiAdy green like (he back. Total 
lengih 4 inehos, tail Ig. 
Blue-breasted Parrot Finch (E. friroJor). Fig. 2 
on plate. 
The cognomen. Three-coloured, being already appropriated by 
E. trichroa, I have named this species as above, as it is the only one 
of the species described herein, which can be distinctively so called. 
Dv-scription . The upper plumage is rich grass -green ; fore- 
head, fore-crown, sides of face, car-covcrts, cheeks, sides of nock, throat, 
