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There is a good ileal uf variatiou iu this liiid. The miihllc of the abdomen, 

 which is deep purple in fully adult liirds oi' both sexes, is dark green in 

 younger individuals. Such younger birds also have yellow edges on the 

 red breast-feathers. Other yonnger birds have very distinct bluish and 

 greenish edges to the red breast-feathers. One such bird has the " bill 

 dark livid brown, tinged with dull reddish on base of mandible," while fully 

 adult binls have the whole bill orange-red, with an orange-yellow tip. 

 Some adult birds too show some amount of yellow on the breast (p. 552). 

 " Common between 2000 and 5000 feet, and one was seen not at less than 7000 

 feet. Probably it occurs also iu the lowlands where there is any jungle 

 left." 

 02. " 7'n'e/ior/lossi/s haematodex (?). An orange-yellaw-breasted Trirlioiilosiius is 

 brought occasionally into AmjJenan by the Sasaks from the hills, but I 

 faileil to obtain a specimen. One which I saw in cajitivity had the irides 

 bright red ; bill orange-red with the tip yellow ; feet dark grey. This 

 individual seemed to be adult and not to differ in coloration from '/'. 

 hnematodex of Timor— but possibly the red-breasted birds jiave a yellow 

 stage ? " 

 (Mr. IJothschild thinks it must have been a variety of 7'. mili-hcUi, such as 

 the one mentioned last under that species, which Mr. Everett has seen, for 

 he does not think it likely that both 7'. mitclicUi and 7". hnemiitodes occur 

 in the same island.) 

 <)3. Cacdftia pun-ula {'R^.). — One pair. "The naked skin surrounding the eye is 

 white. According to the natives the irides arc dark cho('olate-browu in the 

 male and pure cherry-red in the /mafc, and the dissection oi' one of tjie 

 latter confirmed this statement " (p. 563). 

 ^i"A. " F.ckctus sp. incert. — A species of Eclcctiis is also sometimes brought into the 

 town of Ainpenan by the hill natives, who declare that it is not uncommon 

 in places, and that it flies wild in the jungle. 1 saw only one brought in, a 

 green male, which the owner said he had kept for five months. It was 

 much damaged, the wings and the under tail-coverts especially so, and the 

 tail a good deal abraded. The general colour was briglit grass-greeu ; 

 jjrimaries dark blue on outer edges ; edge of wing pale blue ; the under 

 coverts of the wing-margin green, the rest with the axillaries and a 

 moderate side-patch red ; under tail-coverts very pale green ; apical banil 

 of tail a good deal worn, but evidently not broad as in /J. riedeli, the yellow 

 colour slightly washed with traces of pale orange-red. Irides muddy Indian 

 yellow ; bill scarlet, the basal half washed thinly with black, the apical 

 third yellow ; lower mandible dull black; feet and claws black. I think 

 this bird was not quite mature. 'Whether this parrot is one of the more 

 eastern species which has escaped from eaiitivity or is an endemic sjiecies I 

 could not satisfy myself, but if the latter it— or a representative form of 

 Eclectus — may be confidently looked for in the islands between Lombok and 

 the Tenimbcr Islands." 

 05. Geojj'ro'jm sumlxi<-rnsis Salvad.— Met with frequently in the hills from 25i)ii t(, 

 4000 feet. " Iris pale yellow ; maxilla red with wiiitish tip ; mandible 

 dark brown ; feet grey." Young 1)irds have the feet olive-green. Old 

 males have the wings 157—107 mm. long (p. 503). 

 •60. Pinorlmm albirentria Sharpe.— A series from the ]dains up fo about 2000 feet 



