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82. TaiOHOGLoeaus nigrogularis. 



TrichoglotMUi rapist rains, \ar., Mull.' 



Green; front and sides of the bead azure; occipul 'lark bronzy 

 green ; semicollar above greenish yellow ; throat bine-black ; nape 

 scarlet broadly margined with green; bread tinged with yellow 



narrowly margined wit li black; abdomen green broadly margined 

 with black ; tore part of sides searlel bordered with green bind pari 

 of sides, thighs and under tail-coverts yellow bordered with green; 

 under wing-coverts scarlet ; quills black beneath and yellow at their 

 bases. 



Length 13" 6'" ; wings 6" 3'". 



Hob. Aru Islands, d $ in British Museum. 



It is intermediate between T. Swainsnni and T. cyanogrammus. 



83. Trichoglossus coccineifrons. 



Green ; front and spots on the head carmine ; head and chin 

 whitish blue ; nape and upper part of the abdomen scarlet, the two 

 latter margined with blue; some of the lesser wing-coverts marked 

 with yellow and scarlet; under wing-coverts and inner margins of 

 tail-feathers scarlet ; base of quills beneath yellow tinged witb scarlet, 

 quills above green marked in some places with yellow ; abdomen 

 raided with blue, green, scarlet and yellow ; under tail-coverts varied 

 with yellow, green and pale scarlet. 



Length 11"; wings 5" 10'". 



Hub. Aru Islands. 6 in Mr. Wallace's Collection. 



84. PSITTACUS ARUENSIS. 



$ . Green, paler on the margins of the feathers ; top of bead 

 -ilvery blue; front and cheeks scarlet-red; chin reddish yellow; 

 under surface yellowish green ; spot on each wing castaneous red ; 

 under wing-coverts verditer blue. 



$ . Head rusty brown ; otherwise yellowish green. 



J juv. Head of the same green as the back, but the sides of head 

 brownish green. 



Length 8" 9"'; wings 6" 3"'. 



Hah. Aru Islands. 6 9- in British Museum. 



l'-ITTACUS CAPISTRATUS. 

 6 . Head brown tinged with green, and mixed with dull rttfoiIS; 

 ral colour green edged with paler; upper tail-COVeitS yelloWish 

 green ; under wing-coverts and the fore part of the sides verditer blue. 

 Length 12"; wings 7" :>'". 

 Hah. Ki Islands. 6 in British Museum. 

 Like the female of former species, but it is much larger in size 



86. Psi 1 i vi i L v DIOPH i li vi. M v. 



Oycloptitta Mophthalma, Homb.S Jacq.Voy. Pole Sud, t. 25 bit, 



Psitt acuta diophthalma, Bomb. & Jacq. 

 Hah. Aru Islands. ' j in British Museum. 



