on the Parrots. 411 



L. hypomochrous in lacking the black bar at the tip of the 

 longer wing-coverts. 



Hab. Fergusson I. (type), Woodlark I., New Britain, New 

 Ireland, New Hanover, and the low country of S.E. New 

 Guinea. 



This form appears to me very doubtful, especially as the 

 birds of St. Aignan are intermediate between L. hypamo- 

 chrous and L. devittatus, " having an indication of a black 

 bar, some of the outermost [longer] under wing-coverts 

 being blackish " (Hartert) . In the allied species L. lory the 

 black band at the tip of the longer under wing-coverts is a 

 sign of immaturity. 



Lorius lory (Linn.) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. pi. xvii. fig. 1 

 (1896). 



Lorius lory lory Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. G n ) 

 (1901). 



Lorius lory subsp. major Rothsch. & Hartert. 



Lorius lory, part., Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 621 (Wai- 

 giou) j Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 33 (Waigiou). 



Lorius lory major Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. 

 p. m (Waigiou) (1901). 



Similar to L. lory and scarcely different, only having the 

 Aving somewhat longer (not shorter, as by mistake has been 

 stated by the authors of the subspecies) ; wing 167-175 

 and even 179 mm., against 160 to 165 and even 168 mm. in 

 typical L. lory. 



Hab. Waigiou. 



Lorius erythrothorax Salvad. ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. 

 pi. xviii. fig. 2 (1896). 



Lorius erythrothorax rubiensis Meyer, Abh. Mus. Dresd. 

 1892-93, no. 3, p. 10 (1893). 



Lorius rubiensis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 3, no. 5 (1900). 



Lorius lory erythrothorax Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 viii. p. 66 (1901). 



Hab. New Guinea, except the northern peninsula, and 

 perhaps also the eastern part. 



In the Triug Museum there are specimens of this species 

 from Kapaur, from Etna and Triton Bays, from Ron Island 



