414 Count T. Salvodori — Notes 



Revised Key to the Species of Trichoglossus. 



A. Quills -with a coloured baud underneath towards 



the base. 



a. Baud towards the base of the quills underneath 



yellow. 

 a'. Band across the nape greenish yellow. 

 a". Middle of the abdomen not blue. 



a'". Breast mostly yellow ; occiput bright 



green T. h<ematodes. 



6'". Breast red. 



a 4 . Head not entirely blue. 



a 5 . Breast-feathers red, with no tinge 

 of yellow towards the edges (ex- 

 cept in young or immature birds). 

 « 6 . No dark cross-bands on the breast 

 of adult birds. 

 « 7 . Forehead bluish. 



a 8 . Purple patch behind the 



green collar smaller T.forxteni. 



I s . Purple patch behind the 

 green collar large aud con- 

 spicuous T. djampeanus. 



b". Forehead greenish (Jide Itutlt- 



schild 8f Hartert) T mitcheUi. 



b e . Breast with dark cross-bands. 

 c 7 . Dark cross-bands on the breast 

 much broader and very con- 

 spicuous. 



c s . Ear-coverts blue T. cyanogrammus. 



d\ Ear-coverts greenish T. intermedins. 



d 7 . Dark cross-bands on the breast 

 much narrower. 

 e 8 . Upper parts grass-green . . T. massena. 

 f 8 . Upper parts olive-green .. T. flavicans. 

 b s . Breast-feathers red, slightly tinged 

 with yellow towards the edges ; 



forehead and cheeks blue T. nigrogularis. 



fc 4 . Head entirely blue T. ceeruleiceps. 



b" . Middle of the abdomen blue ; head en- 

 tirely blue T. novcB-hollandia \ 



b'. Band across the nape orange T. nibritorgues. 



b. Band towards the base of the quills underneath 



red T. rosenbergi. 



B. Quills with no coloured band beneath ; cheeks 



and breast red T. ornatus. 



