642 Messrs. H. C. Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 



"Plentiful, feeding in flocks on very high trees. Iris red ; 

 feet slate; bill slatish with a white tip; orbital skin red '"' 

 [Olive). 



89. Trichoglossus nov^-hollandi.e septentrionalis 

 Eobinson, Bull. Liverp. Mus. ii. p. 115 (1900). 



Trichoglossus novce-hollandiee (partim) Salvad. Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. XX. p. 58 (1891) ; Mivart, Mon. Loriidse, p. 109, 

 pi. XXXV. (1898); Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 428 (1899). 



The northern representative of this common Australian 

 Lory can readily be distinguished subspecifically by its 

 smaller size and by the brighter and purer blue of the head 

 and abdominal patch. 



Some of the numerous specimens received from Mounts 

 Sapphiri and Belleuden Ker agree very fairly with the original 

 specimens from Cooktown, whilst others approach the typical 

 form more nearly so far as coloration is concerned, but all 

 are distinctly smaller in dimensions. One specimen from 

 Cooktown is remarkable for having the tail composed of 

 fourteen feathers, and not the normal number of twelve. 

 " Iris red; feet black ; bill red " [Olive). 



90. PsiTTEUTELES CHLOROLEPIDOTUS NEGLECTUS RchuW. 



Ornith. Monatsb. vi. pp. 4, 5 (1898). 



Several specimens from Cooktown and Cairns agree pretty 

 well Avith Herr Reichenow's diagnosis, though some of the 

 Cairns specimens are rather larger, approaching the typical 

 form. P. neglectus cannot, however, be regarded as more 

 than a subspecies, as there is no tangible difference except in 

 size between northern and southern specimens. " Iris red ; 

 feet greenish yellow ; bill red. Food, seeds and honey ''■' 

 {Olive). 



91. Cacatua galerita triton (Temm.); Salvad. t. c. 

 p. 118. 



Two specimens from Cooktown and five from Cairns. 



Regarding the specimens from Cairns, Mr. Olive writes : — 



"Plentiful but very shy; generally in flocks, but some- 

 times in pairs and singly. I have counted nearly 200 



