474 
Count T. Salvadori on the 
Liocichla steerii, sp. nov. (Plate XIY.) 
Olivaceous green throughout; crown and occiput, chin and 
throat, flanks and rump smoky; patch of orange-yellow on 
anterior corner of eye; streaks of yellow on sides of the 
nape and vent-feathers, broadly tipped with orange; breast, 
belly, and edge of wing yellow; axillaries smoky; bill and 
legs light wood-brown; tail olive-green, feathers square 
at the ends and white, four central rectrices with a black bar 
before the white tips, three on each side with the apical 
portion of outer web black as well; secondaries washed with 
maroon, black on inner webs and apical half, all tipped 
with white, yellowish green on outer webs, stems black. 
Length 7*5, wing 2*7, tail 3‘4. 
XLII.— A few Words on the Parrots of the Genus Eclectus, 
Wagl. By T. Salvadori, C.M.Z.S. 
In the last number of f The Ibis’ a paper by Mr. Forbes has 
appeared under the title “ Becent Observations on the Parrots 
of the Genus Eclectus and I wish to make ’a few remarks 
on it. 
It seems that, although Mr. Forbes is inclined to believe 
Dr. Meyer’s statement that the green Eclectus are the males, 
and the red ones the females, still he does not consider the 
fact fully established, on account of Mr. Brown’s state¬ 
ment that it “is a gross error 33 I hope that those who 
are still incredulous about Meyer’s discovery will know 
before long on which side is the gross error. For my part I 
have not the least doubt that Meyer is right. My experience 
is as follows :—I have examined 128 specimens of three dif¬ 
ferent species of the genus Eclectus, collected by D’Albertis, 
Beccari, and Bruijn’s men; and the green ones were constantly 
marked males, and the red ones females. Many of them 
were dissected by D’Albertis and Beccari. It is worth while 
mentioning that some of D’Albertis’s birds, and all those 
collected by Beccari in the Aru Islands, were obtained before 
Meyer made his startling statement. 
