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Head, sides of the face, and throat blue, with a hghtcr 

 stripe down the centre of each feather ; across the occiput a 

 narrow band of greenish yellow ; all the upper surface green, 

 blotched at the base of the neck with scarlet and yellow; 

 wings dark green on their outer webs ; their inner webs 

 black, crossed by a broad oblique band of bright yellow ; tail 

 green above, passing into blue on the tips of the two central 

 feathers; under surface of the tail greenish yellow; chest 

 crossed by a broad band, the centre of which is rich scarlet, 

 with a few of the feathers fringed with deep blue, and the 

 sides being rich orange-yellow, margined with scarlet ; under 

 surface of the shoulder and sides of the chest deep blood-red ; 

 abdomen rich deep blue, blotched on each side with scarlet 

 and yellow ; under tail-coverts rich yellow, with an oblong 

 patch of green at the extremity of each feather ; bill blood- 

 red, with the extreme tip yellow; nostrils and bare space 

 round the eye brownish black ; irides reddish orange, with a 

 narrow ring of dark brown next the pupil ; feet olive. 



The sexes resemble each other so closely both in size and 

 colouring that they cannot be distinguished with certainty. 



Sp. 445. TRICHOGLOSSUS RUBRITORQUIS, 



Viff. and Horsf. 



Red-collared Lorikeet. 



Trichoglossus ruhritoi-quis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. 

 p. 291. 



Trichoglossus mbritorquis, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. v. 

 pi. 49. 



This lovely Trichoglossus inhabits the northern coasts of 

 Australia, and is as beautiful a representative of its near ally, 

 the T. multicolor of the south coast, as can well be imagined. 

 In their habits and economy also the two birds so closely 

 approximate that a description of one will serve for both. 

 Independently of the richer blue of the head, the red nuchal 



