56 LOEIID-E. 



Gen. xiv. p. 40 (1879) (Fly Kiver) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. 



p. 292 (1880) ; id. Yog. Chall., Birds, p. 75, pi. xx. (1881) ; Rchnw. 



Journ. f. Orn. 1881, pp. 159,396 (Consp. Psitt. pp. 95, 228); 



id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 36 (1883) ; Meyer, Zeitsehr. f. ges. Orn. 



i. p. 274 (1884) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 623 ; Salvad. Mem. 



P. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 172 (1889). 

 Trichoglossus eyanograinnius, part., Wall. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 291 ; 



Finscfi, Papag. ii. p. 830 (partim) (1868). 

 Trichoglossus hsematotus, part., Schleg. Ned. Tijdsehr. Dierh. iii. 



p. 336 (partim) (1866), iv. p. 10 (1871) ; id. Mus. P.-B. Psittaci, 



Revue, p. 43 (partim) (1874).* 



Adult. Very much like T. cyanogrammus, but the head has only 

 two colours, blue on the forehead and cheeks, green on the vertex 

 and occiput ; there is scarcely any or no dark purple tinge on the 

 occiput ; throat purple ; the red colour of the breast is paler than 

 in T. cyanogrammus, and the breast-feathers have an orange tinge 

 near the dark edges ; the dark bands on the edges of the breast- 

 feathers are narrower than in T. cyanogrammus ; the middle of the 

 abdomen is more or less mixed with black. Total length 11 inches, 

 wing 6, tail 5-50, bill 0-90, tarsus 0-65. 



Hob. Aru Islands, Southern New Guinea, along the middle part 

 of the Fly River, and Ke Islands. 



a, b.S 2 a d- sk. Aru Islands. Wallace Coll. (Types of 



species.) 



* The following refers to a bird which was collected by Wallace in the Aru 

 Islands, and which most likely is a hybrid between T. nigrogularis and Chal- 

 copsittacus scintillatus. 



Trichoglossus coccineifrojts, G. E. Gr. 



Trichoglossus coccineifrons, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 183, 194; 

 id. Cat.B. New Guin. pp. 41, 60 (1859); id. List Psitt. Brit. Mus. 

 p. 62 (1859); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 227 ; G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1861, 

 p. 436; Rosenb. Jcurn. f. Orn. 1862, pp. 65, 67, 1864, p. 112, 

 n. 7 ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 291, 295 ; Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 158 

 (1865) ; Rosenb. Reis naar de Zuidoostereil. p. 48 (1867) ; Schleg. Ned. 

 Tijdsehr. Merle, iii. p. 336 (18M) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 845 (1868); 

 G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 156, sp. 8222 (1870) ; Schleg. Ned. Tidjschr. 

 Pierk. iv. p. 10 (1871) ; Meyer, Sitzb. Jc. Akad. Wisscnsch. Wicn, lxx. 

 pp. 226, 227 (1874) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 35, n. 81 (1877) ; 

 id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 296 (1880); Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, 

 p. 160 (Consp. Psitt. p. 96); id. Vogelbild. Nachtr. 37 (1883) ; Salvad. 

 Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, si. p. 172 (1889). 



Male. Green ; head purple ; forehead and some scattered feathers on the 

 pileum red ; a red collar round the hind neck ; breast red, with purple cross 

 bands ; abdomen blue ; flanks green and yellow ; thighs green ; under tail-coverts 

 orange, green in the middle ; smaller upper wing-coverts with orange-red 

 irregular spots and edges ; under wing-coverts red ; inner webs of the quills 

 towards the base orange-red ; tail-feathers green, the lateral ones with the inner 

 webs golden red towards the bases ; bill orange ; feet plumbeous. Total length 

 about 11 inches, wing 6, tail 43, bill 0'85, tarsus 0'6. 



Hub. Aru Islands. 



a. <$ ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. E. Wallace [C.]. 



(Type of Trichoglossus coccineifrons, Gr.) 



