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Centre of the crown more developed, the uape deep purple or cherry-brown, and 

 thus are nearer to our intermeditis, than to ci/anogrammus. There are in the Tring 

 Museum at present C3 skins. 



24. Trichoglossus haematodus intermedius snbsp. nov. 



A series of eight specimens of Lories from Kaiser Wilhelm's Land stand 

 somewhat between cijanogrammus and massena. They agree with cyanogrammus 

 in the broad edges to the red breast-feathers, and with massena in the colouration 

 of the head, the ear-coverts not being blue, but with a greenish tinge, the centre 

 of the crown with green streaks, the nape dark cherry -brown or reddish. 



The type of interniedius is an adult male collected at Stephausort by the late 

 botanist. Dr. Erik Nyman, in December 1899. A larger series will perhaps enable 

 us to separate even two forms, instead of only one, as we do at present within 

 German New Guinea. Our five specimens from the Huon Gulf (iSattelberg and 

 Simbang, Erik Nyman coll.) have the collar on the hind-neck ajiparently a little 

 more yellowish, and are smaller (wing only 132 — 142 mm.) and have smaller bills, 

 while our three from the Astrolabe Bay (Stephansort and Bongu) have the collar 

 rather greenish and larger bills and wings (140 — 152 mm.). The former agree in 

 size with massena, the latter more with the majority of cyanogrammus. The 

 Astrolabe Bay specimens are most similar to the series from Dutch New Guinea 

 (Kapaur, Jobi, Hon, Berau Peninsula, Waigiu, Batanta), though the western birds 

 are partly more the typical cyanogrammus, some being indistinguishable from the 

 latter, some not separable from our interme/lius. Generally the ear-coverts are 

 greener than in intermedius, the najse less reddish. The greenish collar is more 

 yellowish in the western birds, and perhaps also in those from the Astrolabe Bay. 

 We have, unfortunately, not received any examjiles from Takar, but according to 

 Count Salvadori cyanogrammus extends to the upper Fly River, while the lower 

 Fly River region is inhabited by nigrogularis. The reported occurrence of the 

 latter in German New Guinea cannot be credited. 



25. Trichoglossus haematodus massena Bp. 



Differs from cyanogrammus in the narrower blackish edges to the red breast- 

 feathers, the different colouration of the head (ear-coverts not bluish, but with 

 slightly greenish stripes, centre of crown with greenish stripes, occiput deep 

 cherry-red or brown), and generally smaller size. Generally the collar is slightly 

 more greenish. 



The original locality being " Insulae Polynesiae " {Rev. et Mag. Zool. 2 ser. 6, 

 1854, p. 157), the birds from the New Hebrides and New Caledonia must be con- 

 sidered as the typical massena. We have four skins from the New Hebrides, and 

 it seems that the blackish edges to the red breast-feathers are narrowest in these, 

 but they are equally narrow in some specimens from the LouisiaJe grouj). The 

 apparently greater extent of the red colour in the New Hebrides birds and the 

 lighter shade of the same is perhaps due to preparation and the treatment of the 

 skins. We are therefore at present not able to make further divisions of massena, 

 though New Guinea specimens have apparently the widest, New Hebrides examples 

 the narrowest, dark edges on the breast. 



We have massena only from the New Hebrides, Louisiade group, Guadalcanar, 

 Rnbiana, and British New Guinea. From the last locality we have only one from Hall 

 Bay (D'Albertis' coll.), two from Nicnra (Lix coll.), one from Oriori (Anthony coll.). 



