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10. TRICHOGLOSSUS N YE- H L L A N D I E. 



(SWAIN SON'S LORY.) 

 [Plate XXXV.] 



JVliite-collared Parrot, Pennant, Gen. of B. p 59, pi. ii. (1773). 



Blue-bellied Parrot, Brown, Illustr. p. 14, pi. 7 (1776). 



Orange-breasted Parrot, Lath. Syn. i. p. 212, 14 a (1781). 



Blue Mountain-Lory, Greene & Dntton, Parrots in Captivity, vol. i. p. 39 (1884). 



Perruche des Moluques, D'Aubenton, PL Enl. 743; Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 150 (1779). 



Perruche a tete bleue, Levaill. Perr. pi. 24 (1801). 



? Perruche a tete bleue, dans son jeune age, Levaill. Perr. pi. 26 (1801) (variety ?). 



Psittacus moluccanus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 316 (1788). 



Psittacus nova?-hollandi&, id. loc. cit. 



Psittacus multicolor, id. op. cit. p. 328. 



Psittacus hcematodus, Latham, Index Orn. i. p. 87 (1790). 



Psittacus semicollaris, Latham, op. cit. p. 103. 



Psittacus cynogaster, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 413, pi. 59 (1811). 



Psittacus h&matopus, Beclist., Lath. Ueb. p. 67 (1811). 



Australasia novm-hollandiai, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. p. 209 (1831). 



Trichoglossus hannatopus, Stephen in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 129 (1826). 



Trichoglossus h&motodus, Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 289 (1826). 



Trichoglossus multicolor, Wagler, Monog. Psitt. p. 553 (1832). 



Trichoglossus swainsoni, Jardine & Selhy, 111. Orn. iii. pi. 112 (1825-39) ; Swainson, 

 Zool. 111. 2nd series, iii. pi. 92 (1832-33) ; Selby, Nat. Library, Orn. vi. p. 153, pi. 20 

 (1836) ; Gould, Birds of Australia, v. pi. 48 (1842) ; Moseley, Nat. Chall. p. 352 

 (1879) ; Diggles, Synopsis of Birds of Australia, ii. plate & p. S5 (1S77). 

 Trichoglossus novce-hollandice, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus A. S. B. p. 11 (1812) ; Pinsch, Papag. 

 ii. p. 820 (1868) ; Rchnw. Vogelbikl. t. viii. fig. 4 (1878-83) ; Sharpe, Report < Alert,' 

 p. 25 (1884) ; North, Descr. Cat. Nests & Eggs, p. 266 (18S9) ; Salvadori, Cat. of 

 Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 57 (1891). 



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

 the abdomen blue ; head entirely blue. 



Habitat. Eastern Australia (from Cape York to Victoria) and Tasmania. 



This gayest, or almost gayest, of all the Trichoglossi has been known ever since 1773, 

 through Pennant's brief description. 



