7. TKICE0GL0S8US. 57 



c. J ad. sk. Am Islands. Wallace Coll. 



d. $ ad. sk. Aru Islands (-4. A'. Jfw/- Could Coll. 



lace). 



e. £ ad. sk. Aru Islands. ' Challenger' Expedition. 

 /, g. Ad. sk. Aru Islands (J. T. Cock- Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



ereff). 



7. Trichoglossus initchelli. 



Trichoglossus mitchellii, G. R. Gr. ListJPsitt. Brit. Mux. p. 62 (1859) ; 

 Fimch, Papag. ii. p. 838 (1868); Sclat. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 499, 

 pi. xli. ; G. R. Or. ibid.: Sclat. op. cit. p. 544; Sale. Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 372 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 420 ; id. List Vert. An. 8th ed. 

 p. 320 ( 1883). 



Psittaeus (Trichoglossus) forsteni, Rosenb. Joitrn. f. Orn. 1862, p. 66; 

 id. Naturh. Tijdachr. Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 146 (1863). 



Adult female. Back, wings, and tail green ; head purple-brown ; 

 front and lores scarcely tinged with blue ; vertex and cheeks with 

 a faint tinge of green ; a yellow-green band across the nape ; the 

 interscapular feathers have concealed red spots ; a green band on 

 the throat ; breast bright red, with a faint tinge of orange towards 

 the tip of the feathers, which are more or less faintly edged with 

 green ; abdomen green, tinged with dark brown-purple ; vent and 

 under tail-coverts green, with the feathers yellow at the base ; 

 thighs yellow ; under wing-coverts red ; quills beneath dusky black 

 with a yellow band ; tail underneath oily, with the inner web of 

 the tail-feathers edged with yellow : bill red ; feet dark grey ; iris 

 red. Total length 9 inches, wing 5-2, tail 3 - 5, bill 0-7, tarsus 0-51. 



A second specimen has the yellow tinge near the edges of the 

 breast-feathers more distinct. 



Hab. Unknown. 



a. 5 ad. st. Locality unknown. Zoological Society. 



(Type of T. mitchellii, Gr.) 



b. $ ad. sk. Locality unknown. Zoological Society. 



Sternum of spec. a. 



Trichoglossus caeruleiceps. 



Trichoglossus creruleiceps, If Alb. Sf Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 xiv. p. 41 (1879) ; Rchnic. $ Schal. Journ. f. Orn. 1879, pp. 818, 

 427 ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 295 (1880) ; Rchnw. Journ. 

 f. Orn. 1881, p. 159 (Conm. Psitt. p. 96); id VogeWUd. Naehtr. 



36 (1883) ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl*. p. 172 (1889). 



Adult. Very much like T. nigrogularis, but with the head entirely 

 blue. Total length 10 inches, wing 5-4, tail 4, bill 0So, tarsus 0-61. 

 (Museo Owieo of <>'iioa.) 



Hal>. Southern Xew Guinea, near the Kataw River. 



9. Trichoglossus novae hollandiae. 



White-collared Parrot, Penn. Gen. of B. p. 59, pL 2 < 1773); Lath. 

 Syn. i. 1. p. 261, n. 53 (1781) j id. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 177 (1823). 



