Psittacus grandis, Ess.; P. polychlorus, Scpl. as male, P. grandis, Gml. as female.

Male bird known by the same English, German, French, and Dutch names as the preceding species - The female, the Grand Eclectus (Ger., Grosser rother Edelpapagei, Rothedelpapagei, and, by the dealers, Grandilori; Fr., Grand Perroquet rouge, Grand Eclectus rouge; Dut., Groote roode Edelpapegaai) - Gilolo Eclectus or Parrot (Fr., Perroquet de Halmahera Dut., Halmahera Edelpapegaai) - Description.

Strangely enough, the male bird of this species appears exactly the same as the preceding species, so that they cannot be distinguished from each other by any certain mark. I, therefore, need not further describe the male of the Gilolo Eclectus.

The female bird is scarlet on the head and neck; the transverse band on the back is ultramarine, with a purple lustre; the primaries, their coverts, the border of the wing and the small under coverts of the wing, indigo-blue; the tail is scarlet, blackish at the base, at the end, both above and below, lemon-yellow; all the upper part of the body a dull scarlet; the breast and belly violet-blue; the lower coverts of the tail lemon-yellow; the beak black; the eyes dark-brown; the iris a light or brownish-yellow; the feet grey, with black scales and claws. Size, exactly the same as the preceding (length, 14 1/8in. to loin.; wings, 9 1/2in. to 9 7/8in.; tail, 4 1/2in.). Distinguishing marks are the different shading of the red, the broad yellow tip to the tail, and, in particular, the yellow coverts under the tail. Native of the Gilolo Islands.

In other respects this species is said to resemble the New Guinea Eclectus. The female was mentioned by Muller in 1776, named by Gmelin in 1788, and described by Kubl. The red female of Gilolo is somewhat more frequent in the market than that of the New Guinea, but, nevertheless, it only appears singly.