On a neto Species o/* Trichoglossus ^ow Celebes. 281 



sensim angustioribus ; abdomine segmentis duobus basalibus sin- 

 gulatim spina acuta armatis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hob. Natal. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII. 



Mff. 1. Teledapus dorcadioicles. 

 Fig. 2. Phyodcxia concin^ia. 



Fiy. 3. Ochyra coarctata ; 3 a, front view of the head. 

 Fig. 4. Scotinauges diphgsis. 

 Fig. 5. ^goprepes cmtennator. 



Fig. G. Brephilydia jejuna ; 6 a, front view of the head. 

 Fig. 7. Front view of tlie head of Simocrysa discolor. 

 Fig, 8. Side view of the head, and first three joints of the antennae, of 

 Futhuorus protensus. 



XXXIV. — On a new Sjpecies o/Trichoglossus ^om Celebes. 

 By Arthue, Viscount Walden, F.li.S., P.Z.S. 



A LARGE collection of birds obtained by Dr. A. B. Meyer in 

 North Celebes, and kindly placed by him at my disposal for 

 examination, contains several examples of a hitherto unde- 

 scribed species of Trichoglossus. They evidently belong to 

 the same species which supplied the individual referred to by 

 Mr. Wallace (Proc. ZooL Soc. 1862, p. 337) as having been 

 collected by him at Menado, but which was unfortunately 

 destroyed before he had been able to identify it. He referred 

 it, however, with some confidence, to T. flavoviridis of the 

 Sula Islands. Dr. O. Finsch, in his well-known work (Papag. 

 ii. p. 850), not deeming the evidence sufficient, restricted the 

 range of T. flavoviridis to the Sula Islands ; and the examples 

 sent from Menado by Dr. Meyer fully justify this caution. 

 The North-Celebean form, although possessing a general re- 

 semblance to T. flavoviridisj is a distinct species, chiefly dif- 

 fering by wanting the yellow head and breast and the black 

 chin and nuchal collar of the Sula bird ; in it also the bill is 

 shorter and less produced. 



TricJioghssus Meyeri^ n. sp. 



Green ; forehead, occiput, and nape dark olive-brown tinged 

 with golden, most marked on the forehead. Cheeks and 

 loreal plumes same as head, but each feather with a yellow 

 border. Ear-coverts bright yellow, forming an isolated, 

 distinct, yellow patch on each side of the head. Under 

 surface one uniform tint of greenish yellow, each feather 

 bordered with dark green. Interscapularies yellow at base, 

 broadly bordered with the prevailing green of the back. 



