64 loriid^;. 



Gen. vii. p. 646 (1875) ; Briigyem. Abh. naturw. Ver. Brem. v. p. 42 

 (1876) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 658 (1877) ; Rosenb. Malay. Archip. 

 p. 275 (1878) ; Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 54 ; Tweedd. Orn. Works, 

 pp. 113, 136 (1881) ; Wardl. Ramsay, Tweedd. Om. Works, p. 670 

 (1881) : Rchnw. Voyelbild. t. xv. f. 3(1878-83); id. Journ.f. Orn. 

 1881, p. 156 {Consp. Psitt. p. 92); Bias. Journ.f. Orn. 1883, 

 pp. 125, 134; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 544; Meyer, Voyel- 

 Skelett. t. xxiv. (1879-88). 



Adult. Greeu ; pileum olive-brown, tinged with golden, especially 

 on the forehead ; cheeks, lores, and throat brown-green, each feather 

 with a yellow border ; a bright yellow patch on the ear-coverts ; 

 interscapular region with the feathers yellow at the base; under 

 surface of the body greenish yellow, each feather bordered with 

 green ; abdomen and under tail-coverts more greenish and less 

 yellowish ; quills underneath dark grey ; tail-feathers green, the 

 lateral ones with the inner web and the underside yellowish ; " bill 

 orange-red ; feet greyish blue ; iris cherry-red " (Meyer). Total 

 length 7 inches, wing 4, tail 270, bill 0*60, tarsus 0-41. 



Young. Duller ; the pileum nearly green ; the breast more green 

 and less yellow. 



Hah. Celebes ; according to Dr. Meyer confined to the northern 

 part. 



a. Ad. sk. Menado. Tweeddale Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Menado. Tweeddale Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Gorontalo, N. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



d. Juv. sk. N. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. Celebes. Gould Coll. 



g, h. Ad. et Celebes. Dr. A. B. Meyer 



juv. sk. [C]* 



3. Psitteuteles euteles. 



Psittacus euteles, Tetnm. PI. Col. 568 (Timor) (1835); id. Tab!. 



Mith. p. 61 (1839) ; S. Mill. $ Schleg. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. 



p. 209 (1839-44). 

 Conurus euteles, Bourjot, Pen: pi. 43 (rf) (1837-38). 

 Perruche iris femelle, Bourjot, Pen: pi. 446 (?) (1837-38). 



* T am not acquainted with the following subspecies : — 



Trichoglossus meyeri, var. bonthainensis, Meyer, Sits. u. Abh. Ges. Isis, 

 1884, Abh. i. p. 16. (Bonthain, S. Celebes.) 



Like T. meyeri, Wald., butdiffersin the following particulars : — 1. Thejellow 

 colour of the head is less apparent, and not so sharply separated from the green 

 colour of the neck. 2. The green colour of the back of the neck is brighter 

 and makes a kind of collar. 3. The throat, the cheeks, and the sides of neck 

 are not undulated with reddish yellow, but more bluish green ; the underside 

 of the feathers of those parts is blue and not yellow. 4. The green bands 

 of the underparts are broad. 5. The wings underneath are more blackish. 

 6. The yellow colour on the lower back is less apparent. Length of thawing 

 4-12 inches, tail 2'83, bill 0-66, tarsus 047. {Meyer.) 



Hah. Bonthain Mountain, S. Celebes. 



