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Show 1875.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON SOME RAPE PARROTS. 61 and that the rosy tinge at the bases of the neck- and breast-feathers is wanting. From C. sanguinea, with which it has been hitherto generally confounded, C. goffini is distinguishable not only by the characters pointed out by Dr. Finsch, but also by its much shorter and comparatively thicker toes and claws. This will be at once apparent upon comparing the specimen with the original type of C. sanguinea, which Mr. Gould has kindly lent me (see figures, p. 60). It appears, therefore, that there are three different species of the smaller division of White Cockatoos living in Australia, namely :- 1. C A C A T U A S A N G U I N E A , Gould, from North Australia, figured, Gould, B. Austr. v. pl. 3. The only certain locality for this species appears to be Port Essington, where Mr. Gould's type was obtained. 2. C A C A T U A G Y M N O P I S , Sclater, from the interior of South Australia *. Of this species I exhibit a beautiful figure of the typical specimen described P. Z. S. 1871, p. 493, which Mr. Gould has prepared for his second Supplement to the * Birds of Australia.' Both these species are perhaps more correctly referable to Licmetis, with which they agree in their long slender toes (see fig, 2, p. 60), naked skin round the eye, and more compressed bill. C. gymnopis is certainly intermediate between C. sanguinea and Licmetis nasica. It is a larger species than C. sanguinea. 3. C A C A T U A GOFFINI (Finsch), from Queensland, of which I likewise show a drawing by Mr. Smit (Plate X.) from one of our living specimens. Passing to the American Parrots now or lately in our collection, I exhibit the skin of a very fine example of Chrysotis guatemalce, Hartlaub, with the blue head well developed f, the only living example I have ever met with of this species. I also exhibit an accurate drawing by Mr. Smit (Plate XI.) of Chrysotis bouqueti (Bechst.), one of the rarest and least-known species of this extensive genus, from the individual living in our Gardens. I have noticed the arrival of this specimen on a former occasion (see P. Z. S. 1874, p. 323) ; but it was then in bad plumage. Edwards's figure, upon which the species was originally based, was likewise taken from a living specimen; and there is no example of it in any Museum known to Dr. Finsch. Its correct habitat is, as I had previously conjectured (see P.Z.S. 1874, p. 324), the island of St. Lucia, where Mr. Nevill Holland obtained a living example, which is now in his possession. Besides these specialities, we have at present examples of several * As already stated (P.Z. S. 1871, p. 490), there is a specimen of this species in the British Museum, collected by Sturt in the interior of South Australia. It is therefore no doubt the Cacatua sanguinea of the Appendix to his ' Travels in Central Australia,' ii. p. 36. In Messrs. Salvin aud Godman's collection is also a skin of this bird, obtained from Adelaide, and probably from the same district. , „ t Purchased April 21, 1870 , died Nov. 10, 1874. |
