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28. Trichoglossus nigrigularis, G. R. Gr. 

 Trichoglossus nigrigularis, Salvad. op. cif. vol. i. p. 292. 

 a-g. c? • Dobbo, Aru. 



h. $. Dobbo. 



Iris orange ; bill bright orange-red ; feet greyish black. Length 

 27 0-31*7 centims. ; wing 14-8-15"5 centims. 



The last of the series has the breast yellowish orange, and the 

 feathers tipped with green, not dark blue. There is a large amount 

 of variation among the individuals, the abdomen being green in 

 some, in others bluish black. In one, the nuchal collar is yellow- 

 orange, much marked with red, instead of greenish yellow, as it is 

 usually. 



T, nigrigularis, a common bird at Dobbo especially, differs from 

 T. cyanogrammus in the greater length of tail and wing. 



29. Trichoglossus rosenbergi, Schleg. 

 Trichoglossus rosenbergi, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 298. 



a. (S . 



Iris yellow ; bill scarlet ; tarsus dull oKve-green. Length 23-5 

 centims., wing 12'4, tail 7 '5, tarsus TS. 



This bird was obtained from a native of Dorei Bay, and was kept 

 in captivity for some time. It agrees in almost every particular with 

 Salvadori's description, but is smaller. It is also much smaller than 

 the example of T. rosenbergi in the British Museum. The only 

 noticeable difference in the plumage is that the inner web of the first 

 primary is yellow washed with red, the next is more red, and so on 

 till the fourth, which is entirely red. The entirely blue head, the 

 broad yellow nuchal collar, the narrow brownish-red collar above it, 

 and, lastly, the red inner webs of the primaries, serve at once to 

 distinguish this species from T. cyanogrammus. 



30. Neopsittacus muschenbroeki (Rosenb.). 

 Neopsittacus muschenbroekii, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 300. 

 a, b. Arfak. 



c, d. Yix ad, Arfak. 



e,f. Jr. Arfak. 



g. Jr. Arfak {Eruijn). 



h. Arfak {Bruijn). 



Examples c and d are nearly adult, but the tips of the greater 

 series of under wing-coverts are dull greenish brown. Examples e 

 and / have but a slight amount of red on the breast, but in h this 

 colour commences at the chin. 



S\. CoRiPHiLUS wilhelmin^ (Meyer). 

 Coriphilus wilhelmince, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 302. 

 a. $ . Arfak (^Bruijn'). 



32. Coriphilus placens (Temm.). 

 Coriphilus placens, Salvad. op. cit. vol. i. p. 303. 

 a. <S . Chabrol Bay, Waigiou. 



