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ANNALS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, No. 5. 
DESCRIPTION OF A CHARMOSINOPSIS. 
A small gathering of Psittacine birds, the last collection brought 
from British New Guinea by the late Lieutenant- Governor, Sir W. 
Macgregor, has indeed served to increase the number of examples of 
certain species of the birds of that kind and place in cabinet, but, 
unfortunately, has its value diminished by infrequency of information 
about the specimens ; even the habitat being in the majority of cases 
unrecorded. Its contents are as follows : — Microglossias aterrimus, 
one example, without label ; Aprosmictus chloropterus, male and 
female, no label; Psittacella picta, " Wharton Range, at 11,100 feet, 
male, July, 1897, iris — lemon-yellow, beak — yellow, feet — dark grey, 
food — fruits " ; Goriphilus placens, four males and two females, no 
label ; Gyclopsittacus suavissimus, " Mambare River, male, July, 1897, 
iris — yellow, beak — dark grey, feet — dull green, food — fruits " ; 
Geofroyus aruensis, male and female, no label ; Vharmosina stella^ 
three examples, no label. In addition to these there is a Gharmosi- 
nopsis, which, if previously collected, does not seem, as far as I can 
ascertain, to have been distinguished from G pulchella, of the 
Astrolabe Mountains, with which, however, it can hardly be considered 
identical. 
Diagnosis. 
Qharmosinopsis sp., male, with the thighs purplish-black and the 
yellow shaft-streaks confined to the pectoral region. Female, with 
yellow shaft streaks on most of the purplish- black feathers of the 
thigh. Young, with the nape and thighs green, and with a yellow 
band across the under surface of the wing. 
Probably the bird was met with on the "Wharton Range, but no 
definite information to that effect accompanies the six examples 
collected — viz., two males, three females, and one of doubtful sex in 
immature plumage. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Adult Male, Plate VIII. 
Most of the head above and all of it below, nape, sides of rump and 
whole under surface (including the lower flanks) red; occiput dull 
purplish black ; rump slate-green ; rest of upper surface and upper 
tail-coverts and outer edges of all the primaries, except the first, bright 
grass green ; central tail feathers dull green on proximal half of upper 
surface, on distal half red passing into yellow at the tip ; proximal 
half of laterals red, broadly edged with green ; distal half yellow ; the 
red base and green edges diminishing successively towards the 
outermost; feathers of upper breast with yellow shaft-streaks ; wings 
black above, slate-black below ; under wing-coverts and edge of wing 
red, more or less tipped with green ; beak yellow, tips of both 
mandibles blackish. Length 180 mm., wing 90 mm., tail 105 mm., 
culmen 12*5 mm., tarsus 7 mm. 
