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adult individuals, dark green in young birds. Very young birds liave also a 

 blackish bill. (Cf. Nov. Zool. 1896, pp. 265, 296, 297.) 



Lombok. A series of 20 in the Tring Museum, all collected by Doherty and 

 Everett. 



22. Trichoglossus haematodus nigrogularis Gray. 



Differs from T. h. cyanogrammus in the following peculiarities : the chest is 

 of a lighter red with a distinct orange-yellow shade in front of the black edges, 

 which are much narrower. The middle of the abdomen is more pronouncedly and 

 much more frequently, in fact nearly always, tinged with a purplish blue-black. 

 Wings aud tail are generally a little longer. The head is exactly as in 

 T. h. cyanogrammus. 



We know nigroqidaris only from the Arn Islands aud Southern New Guinea 

 along the lower Fly River, as well as from the Key group. Its occurrence in Kaiser 

 Wilhelm's Land is reported by Dr. von Madarasz, but this is doubtless erroneous. 



On the Key Islands we should expect T. h. cyanogrammus, which we have 

 also received from there, but T. h. nigrogularis seems to be more regularly 

 met with. We have at present 18 skins. 



23. Trichoglossus haematodus cyanogrammus Wagl. 



Feathers round the face stiff and blue, occiput purplish black with blue-grey 

 central streaks. Interscapular feathers with wide red concealed bands. Lower 

 throat and upper breast bright red without an orange tinge near the black edges, 

 which are rather wide, from 1 — 3 mm. 



The distribution of this form is peculiar. It extends over the Southern 

 Moluccas (Amboina, Ceram, Burn), southwards along the South-East Islands, 

 or Zuid-Ooster Eilanden (Ceram-laut, Goram-laut, Goram, Manawoka, Watoebela, 

 Kisoei, Koer, and Tiandoe Islands). Those from the South-East Islands, Amboina 

 and Ceram, are apparently the most typical examples, although some few of them 

 show greenish stripes on the centre of the crown, and a stronger tinge of purple 

 on the nape. Nevertheless we can consider all the examples from the above 

 mentioned islands as belonging to typical cyanogrammus. 



We have received also (from Mr. Kiihu) two specimens labelled " Key 

 Islands," March and April 1900, which are doubtless of the form cyanogrammus. 

 These were among a lot of Key Island birds collected for a dealer for sale, while 

 among the birds specially collected for the Tring Museum we received only 

 nigrogularis. 



Considering the distribution of cyanogrammus along the South-East Islands 

 ■we should expect this latter form on the Key Islands, and we see no reason why 

 it should not occasionally occur there ; while the usual Key form seems, curiously 

 enough to be the same as that of Aru, namely nigrogularis. 



The cyanogrammus extends also to Mysol, where it is common, but a large 

 proportion of Mysol examples have the blue-black edges to the red breast-feathers 

 unusually wide. 



The cyanogrammus is spread also over Batanta, Salwatti, Waigin, and over 

 the Berau Peninsula — or its coastal regions at least — as well as to Rubi, Jobi, Ron, 

 and Kapaur. But the examples from these localities (Salwatti, Waigiu, Jobi and 

 Western New Guinea) show, almost without an exception, the green stripes in the 



