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" Iris dark brown with oraiij:;e outer ring (blackish, blackish brown, with 

 brownish yellow, orange, or orange-yellow ring), feet blackish grey (dark ash-grey, 

 bright grey, olive-black), bill vermilion." 



Some specimens have single orange and 3'ellow feathers on the throat and 

 crown. 



7". h. haeinatodus is only known from Timor, Wetter and Roma ; T. h. fortia 

 only from Snmba. 



Cu. Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis Vig. & Horsf. (? introduced). 



Trichoglossus rubritorquis Vig. & Horsfield, Trims. Linn. Sue. Lond. xv. p. 291 (182G : Australia). 



'Z ? ad.. Kisser, 10. v. 1901. (Nos. 4034, 4035.) "Iris orange-red with 

 brown inner ring, feet pale olive-grey, bill vermilion." 



The occurrence of this form, quite typical, only known from North- West 

 Australia, on Kisser is very remarkable. It is, in my opinion, not possibly a 

 regular inhabitant of Kisser, but probably brought there by men, or else reached 

 the island as an exceptional visitor. It is, however, still more remarkable that 

 we have a specimen from Roma, which is intermediate between T. h. haematodus 

 and rubritorquis, though much closer to the latter. It was shot on Roma on 

 July 17th, 1902, and marked S, No. 5142. "Iris dark brown with pale orange 

 outer ring, feet olive-grey, bill vermilion." It is uuderneatli everywhere like 

 rubritorquis, the head is as blue as that of rubritorquis, only the hinder part of 

 the crown is green, the collar on the hind-neck is yellow as in haematodus, only 

 partly orange-red laterally, the ujjper back has the orange-red bases of rubritorquis^ 

 and is partially blue, partially green. What is now the explanation of this 

 bird ? Can it be an aberration of T. h. haematodus t According to its plumage, 

 it is more likely a sport of rubritorquis ; bat how does that get to Roma ? Or 

 is it a hybrid of T. h. haematodus and rubritorquis ? If we accept that theory, 

 there remains the same question — How did rubritorquis get to Roma ? 



61. Trichoglossus euteles (Temm.). 



PsUlitcus euteles Temminck, PI. Col. 5("i8 (183.J : Timor). 



Ti-iehnr/lnssiis euteles Finsch, Notes Lei/ileii }[iis. .xxii. p. 2Hi; (Letti, Wetter, Babber, Kisser). 

 (The genera Triehughissus and Psitteuteles are inseparable. I quite agree with Dr. Finsch in this 

 respect. Cf. hull. B. 0. Club, October 1903.) 



I have tried to separate the birds from the various islands, but have not 

 succeeded. The specimens from Wetter are rather small and their heads very 

 greenish, but they are apparently not very old, and similar birds are common on 

 several of the other islands. The bills of very young birds are tinged with 

 brown. 



20 (J?, Kisser, April, May 1901. (Nos. 3893—3900, 3944—3947, eight 

 wilhont numbers.) 



Some of these birds have wide dark green tips to the feathers of the sides 

 of the abdomen, forming distinct bars. Similar specimens were sent from other 

 islands, but not freqneutlj'. 



14 (??, Wetter, 14. iv. 19ul (Nos. 3765—3707, three without numbers), 

 September, October 1902 (Nos. 5520, 5521, 5520, 5024, 5750, 5757, two without 

 numbers). 



The variations in the colour of the crown are very strange. Some (? oldest 



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