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1. TRICHOGLOSSUS H^MATODES. 



(EDWARDS'S LORY.) 

 [Plate XXVIII.] 



The Bed-breasted Parakeet, Edwards, Nat. Hist. v. pi. 232 (1753). 



Bed-breasted Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 122 (excl. syn.) (1822). 



La Perruch a face bleae, Levaill. Pen*, pi. 47 (1801). 



Psittacus hcematodus, Linn. Mant. Plant, p. 521 (part.) (1771). 



Psittacus hcematotus (part.), Gnielin, S. N. i. p. 316, n. 50 (1788). 



Psittacus hmmatodes, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 415 (1811). 



Psittacus capistratus, Bechst., Lath. Ueb. p. 68, pi. 3 (1811). 



Psittacus (Trichoglossus) capistratus, Mull. & Schleg. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. p. 107 



(1839-1844). 

 Trichoglossus capistratus, Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 290 (1S26). 

 Trichoglossus cyanogr animus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 226. 

 Trichoglossus hamatopus, Cab. & Rchnw. Journ. f. Orn. 1876, p. 324. 

 Trichoglossus h&matodus, Wagl. Monog. Psitt. p. 550 (1832). 

 Trichoglossus hcematodes, Hartl. Syst. Verz. Ges. Mus. p. 85 (1844) ; Pinsch, Papag. ii. 



p. 827 (1868); Salvadori, Cat, of Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 49 (1891). 



Quills underneath with a yellow band towards the base ; a greenish-yellow band on the nape ; middle of 

 abdomen dai'k green ; breast mostly yellow ; occiput bright green. 



Habitat. Timor. 



This handsome bird bas been exhibited in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. 



The back, wings, and tail are green, as are also the occiput, ear-coverts, and throat. 

 The forehead, cheeks, and chin are blue. There is a greenish-yellow band on the nape. The 

 breast is orange-yellow, more or less tinged and transversely banded with green, the feathers 

 being green at their margins. The middle of the abdomen is dark green. The lower abdomen, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts are greenish yellow, spotted with green. The flanks are yellow, 

 tinged with red. The interscapular feathers have concealed yellow or reddish-yellow spots. 

 The under wing-coverts are yellow, tinged with red; the quills are dusky beneath with a 

 yellow band. The tail beneath is of a dirty yellow colour ; the inner web of the lateral tail- 

 feathers is yellow. The bill is orange-red and the feet dark grey ; the iris is yellow or red. 



Total length 11 inches, wing 4 - 90, tail 4 - 40, bill O'SO, tarsus 0-55. 



There are five specimens in the British Museum, and they vary somewhat as to the 

 extent and brightness of the yellow on the breast. 



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