N. W. COAST OF NEW GUINEA. 05 



Male aud female (16 February and 23 December) in full 

 plumage. 



[Iris red, bill bluish white, at base dark ; feet black. 

 Schadler]. 



56. Eos fuscata Blyth. 



Salvad. Cat. B. Br. M. XX, p. 30. 



E. incondita Meyer, Zeitschr. f. ges. Ornith. 1886, p. 6, Taf. 1. 



Eight specimens (December to March) ; the males are 

 much brighter, a band across the throat, breast aud middle of 

 abdomen vivid red, in some specimens with an indistinct 

 dark band across the lower breast ; uropygium yellowish 

 white. Females : uropygium silvery white ; red of the under 

 parts much duller, with a broad dark crossband on the 

 breast, vertex brownish (in the male dull orange). The 

 young male resembles the female in dull colours, but the 

 uropygium is yellowish, the nape reddish orange (like in 

 the old male) and the bill is black. 



[Iris pale yellow (young grey), bill red (young black 

 brown). Schadler]. 



57. Lorius erythrothorax Salvad. 



Cat. B. Br. M. XX, p. 35. 



Three adult females (December, February and March) 

 agreeing exactly with the characters pointed out by Count 

 Salvadori (1. c), showing a red band across the blue inter- 

 scapular region. 



[Iris pale yellow, bill orange red. Schadler]. 



58. Trichoglossus cyanogrammus WagL 



Salvad. Cat. B. Br. M. XX, p. 51. 



Four specimens (December, January and March), both 

 sexes alike, the female also with a concealed red band on 

 the feathers of the interscapular region, but one old male 

 shows only a few very faint traces of these red spots or 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXII. 



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