GO r LORI1D.E. 



p. Ad. sk. Port Albany, N. Australia (C. Tweeddale Coll. 



Cox en). 



q. d ad. sk. Port Molle, Queensland, May 'Alert ' Expedition. 



1881. 



r-y. Ad. sk. Cape Upstart, Queensland, April J. B. Jukes [P.]. 



1843. 



s. Ad. sk. Clarence Paver, New South Wales. Tweeddale Coll. 



a'. Ad. sk. S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [PA 



b'. Ad. sk. S. Australia. C. D. Fortnum [P.]. 



C, d'. Ad. sk. Melbourne. H. launders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



10. Trichoglossiis rubritorques. 



? Blue-bellied Parrot, var. C, Lath. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 59 (1787). 

 ? Psittacus hsematodus, var. b, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 87 (1790). 

 Tricboglossus rubritorquis, Vig. fy Horrf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 291 



(1826); Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 552 (1832); Lear, Parr. pi. 34 



(1832) ; Less. Compl. de Buff. ix. p. 226 (1837) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. 



p. 613 (1838) ; Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 49 (pt. ix., 1842) ; G. R. Gr. 



Gen. B. ii. p. 411, n. 2 (1846) ; Bchnb. Vdy. Neuholl. n. 171 (1850) ; 



Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 157, n. 301 ; Weinland, Journ. 



P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 232 ; Schley. Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, p. 108 (1864) ; 

 Rosenb. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 112; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. 

 p. 95 (1865); Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 158(1865); Mil II. P.Z.S. 

 1869, p. 279 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 155, n. 8210 (1870) ; 

 Schleg. Mm. P.-B. Psittaci, Revue, p. 48 (1874) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 

 1875, p. 602; Digyl. Syn. Austr. B. ii. pi. 85. f. 1 (1877) ; Ramsay, 

 Pr. Linn. Soc. A. S. W. ii. p. 195, n. 505 (1878) ; Salvad. Orn. 

 Pap. e Mol. i. p. 299 (1880) ; Ramsay, Tab. List, p. 17, n. 519 

 (1888) ; Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. (2) ix. p. 493 (1890). 

 Trichoglossus rubritorquatus. Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 824 (1868) ; Gieb. 

 Thes. Om. iii. p. 659 (1877) ; Rchnw. Vogelbild. t. viii. f. 5 (1878- 

 83) ; id. Journ. f. Orn. 1881, p. 161 (Consp. Psitt. p. 92). 



Adult. Back, -wings, and tail green ; the whole head and throat 

 blue ; breast and a band on the nape orange-red ; a blue cross band 

 on the hind neck ; interscapular feathers with the base orange-red ; 

 sides and under wing-coverts vermilion ; middle of the abdomen 

 dark green ; flanks yellow, with the edges of the feathers green ; 

 under tail-coverts greenish yellow, tipped with green ; the base of 

 the inner web of the quills yellow ; lateral tail-feathers with the 

 inner web yellow : bill red ; feet ashy grey : " iris red, with a narrow- 

 ring of yellowish round the pupil " ( Gould). Total length 12 inches ; 

 wing 6-3, tail 6, bill 0-85, tarsus 0-65. 



Hub. N.W. Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. Australia. Linnean Society. _ 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. Sir G.'Grey [P.]. 



c d. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. Capt. Bowyer Bower 



(PA 

 e, f. c? ad. ;ff, N.W.Australia. J. R. Elsey,Esq. [P.]. 



h, i. 2 ad. sk. 



