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12. TRICHOGLOSSUS RU BR ITO R Q UE S. 



(THE RED-NAPED LORY.) 

 [Plate XXXVII.] 



? Blue-bellied Parrot, var. C, Latli. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 59 (1787). 



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



Trichoglosms rubritorquatus, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 821 (1868) ; R/chnw. Vogelbild. t. viii. 



fig. 5 (1878-83). 

 Trichoglossus rubritorquis, Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 291 (1826) ; 



Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 49 (1842; ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 195 (1878) ; 



Salvadori, Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 299 (1880). 

 Trichoglossus rubritorques, Salvadori, Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 60 (1891). 



Quills underneath with a yellow band towards the base ; an orange-coloured band on the nape. 

 Habitat. North-western Australia. 



This exceedingly beautiful Lory appears to be confined to the north and north-west of 

 Australia. 



The two specimens figured by Mr. Gould were, he tells us, " procured at Port 

 Essington," and he adds (on the authority of Mr. Gilbert) that " this species is abundant in 

 all parts of the Coburg Peninsula and the adjacent islands ; and is an especial favourite with 

 the natives, who carefully preserve the heads of all they kill, for the purpose of ornamenting 

 their persons by slinging them to the arm a little above the elbow." 



Biggies says it does not extend eastwards of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and Gilbert * 

 found this species to be numerous at Port Essington. 



Our Plate represents the type of the species, which passed from the Linnean Society to 

 the Britisb Museum. 



In this species the back, with the wings and tail above, are again green. The whole of 

 the head is blue, as is also the upper part of the throat. There is a very distinct orange-red 

 collar on the nape, bounded below and behind by a transverse band of blue. In the 

 interscaptilar region the feathers are orange-red at the base, blue or purple towards 

 their margins. The breast is orange-red, like the band on the nape. The middle of the 

 abdomen is dark green ; the flanks are clothed with yellow feathers, the margins of which 

 are green. The under tail-coverts are greenish yellow, the feathers having green tips. The 

 quills have their inner web yellow towards the base, and the inner web of the tail-feathers is 



* First a companion of Mr. Gould, and later a collector for him. 



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