18/8.] BIRDS OF TERNATE, AMBOYNA, ETC. 93 



Eclectus polychlorus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 31. sp. 7 

 (1877). 



[No. 212. "Wokan. Male: eyes orange; upper mandible red 

 towards the base, and whitish-yellow towards the tip ; lower one jet- 

 black ; stomach contained inside-coating of cocoa-nut, and some 

 species of comminuted red coral (tubular coral) ; feet black. — J. M.~\ 



Mr. G. R. Gray considered the Am specimens as forming a pecu- 

 liar race of E. polychlorus, on account of the yellowish band at the 

 tip of the tail being more conspicuous and tinged with reddish ; but 

 the differences are veiy slight and not constant. 



7. Chalcopsittacxjs scintillatus (Temm.). 



Psittacus scintillatus, Temm. PI. Col. p. 569 (1835), Lobo, juv. 

 (type examined). 



Chalcopsitta rubrifrons, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 182. pt. 135 

 (ad.), Aru (type examined). 



Domicella scintillata, Finsch, Die Papag. ii. p. 752 (1868). 



Chalcopsittacus scintillatus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. 

 p. 34, sp. 75 (1877). 



[No. 213. Wokan. Male: eyes dull red ; feet black ; both man- 

 dibles black ; stomach quite empty. 



No. 229. Wokan. Male : eyes orange ; feet and bill black ; 

 stomach contained insects and leaves. — J. M.] 



Both specimens are fully adult. 



8. Trichoglosstjs nigrigularis, G. R. Gr. 



Trichofflossus nigrigularis, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 183, Aru 

 (type examined). 



Trichofflossus cyanofframmus, part., Finsch, Die Papag. ii. 830 



(1868). 



[No. 237. Male, Wqkan : eyes red, bill red; legs slate-colour; 

 stomach contained small seeds. Shot at Wokan.- — J. M.~] 



This species is confined to the Aru Islands and to the Ke Islands, 

 and it is quite distinct, from T. cyanogrammus (Wagl.), with which 

 it has been assimilated by Wallace, Schlegel, and Finsch. 



I have seen many specimens of both species, and I have found that 

 constantly T. nigrigularis differs from T. cyanogrammus : — 



1st. In the red of the breast inclining to orange, paler and with a 

 most conspicuous yellow tint near the dark edges of the feathers. 



2nd. The dark edges of the breast-feathers are much narrower, 

 as in T. massence. 



3rd. The head above has only two colours, blue in the anterior 

 half, greenish in the other half; while in T. cyanogrammus the head 

 above has three colours, blue on the sinciput, green on the vertex, 

 and purplish-brown on the occiput, like T. massence. 



4th. The middle of the abdomen is generally blackish. 



5th. The dimensions are larger. 



The Ke-Islands specimens are a little larger than those from the 

 Aru Islands. 



