CATALOGUE OF BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 41 



ECLECTUS ? TaRABE. 



Psittacus Taraha, Gm. S, N. i. p. 344. 

 Psittacoclis Tarabe, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 577. 

 Hab. New Guinea? {Wagler). 



Trichoglossus cyanogrammus. 



Psittacus hcematodus, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. d'Aubent. p. 4 ; PI. 

 Enl. 61. 



Trichoglossus cyanogrammus, Wagl. Monogr. Psitt. p. 554. 

 a. New Guinea (west coast). 



Trichoglossus nigrogularis. 



Trichoglossus nig rogularis, G.R.Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 183. 

 Trichoglossus capistratus, var., Miill.? 



Green ; front and sides of the head azure ; occiput dark bronzy 

 green ; semicollar above greenish yellow ; throat blue-black ; nape 

 scarlet broadly margined with green ; breast tinged with yellow 

 narrowly margined with black ; abdomen green broadly margined 

 with black ; fore part of sides scarlet bordered with green ; hind part 

 of sides, thighs and under tail-coverts yellow bordered with green ; 

 under wing-coverts scarlet ; quills black beneath and yellow at their 



Length 13" 6'" ; wings 6" 3'". /. 



/^a6. New Guinea? :trtrr^ , j^a^J ^^/^'^^^ hu^^,{nra/^.) 



a,b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. ^ ' ' 



It is intermediate between T. Swainsoni and T. cyanogrammus. 



Trichoglossus coccineifrons. 



Trichoglossus coccineifrons, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 183. 



Green ; front and spots on the head carmine ; head and chin 

 whitish blue ; nape and upper part of the abdomen scarlet, the two 

 latter margined with blue ; some of the lesser wing-coverts marked 

 with yellow and scarlet ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of 

 tail-feathers scarlet ; base of quills beneath yellow tinged with scarlet, 

 quills above green marked in some places with yellow ; abdomen 

 varied with blue, green, scarlet and yellow ; under tail-coverts varied 

 with yellow, green and pale scarlet. 



Length 11"; wings 5" 10"'. 



Hab. Aru Islands {Wallace). 



CORIPHILUS PLACENTIS. 



Psittacus pJacentis, Temm. PI. Col. 553. 

 Coriphilus placentis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 4 1 /. 

 Psitteuteles placens, Pr. B. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 157. 

 Trichoglossus placeus, Sclater, Proc. L. S. 1858, p. 164. 

 u,b. New Guinea (River Oetanata). From the Leydcn Museum. 

 Aru Islands (TJ'allacc). 



