on the Parrots. 419 



I am not quite satisfied that specimens of the Trichoglossus 

 from Northern Australia are distinct from the typical T. novte- 

 hollandice. Dr. Hartert has noticed that they are rather small 

 and more brightly coloured. Mr. Robinson also states that 

 they are smaller and have the head and the abdominal 

 patch bright blue and not purplish. 



Trichoglossus rubritorques Vig. & Horsf. ; Mivart, 

 Mon. Lor. pi. xxxvii. (1896). 



Trichoglossus hcematodus rubritorquis Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 xi. p. 193 (1904) (Kisser, Roma?), xii. p. 211 (1905, N.W. 

 Australia). 



Dr. Hartert rightly remarks that a specimen from Kisser 

 was probably introduced by man. Most strange it appears 

 that a specimen intermediate between T. rubritorques and 

 T. hcematodes should have been shot in Roma ; it is in the 

 Tring Museum. 



Trichoglossus rosenbergi Schleg. ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. 

 pi. xxxviii. (1896). 



Trichoglossus hcematodus rosenbergi Rothsch. & Hartert, 

 Nov. Zool. viii. p. 71 (1901). 



Trichoglossus ornatus (Linn.) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. 

 pi. xxxix. (1896) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii. p. 161 (Indru- 

 laman) (1896), iv. pp. 159, 165 (1897), v. p. 88 (Talaut 

 group) (1898) ; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 68 

 (1901) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. x. p. 22 (Kalidupa) (1903). 



Besides the above-mentioned species of Trichoglossus , two 

 others have been mentioned. 



Trichoglossus verreauxius Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zoo!. 

 1854, p. 157 (Australasia) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. pi. xxxvi. 

 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 5, n. 13 (1900). 



Trichoglossus coccineifrons G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, 

 pp. 183, 194 (Aru I.) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. pi. xxxi. fig. 2 

 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 5, n. 9 (1900). 



I have not the least doubt that these supposed species are 

 based on abnormal individuals, perhaps hybrids. 



