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13. TRICHOGLOSSUS ROSENBERGI. 



(ROSENBERG'S LORY.) 

 [Plate XXXVIII.] 



Triclioglossus rosenbergii, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 9 (1871) ; Rosenberg, 

 Beist. naar Geelvinkb. p. 136, t. xv. fig. 2 (1875) ; Salvadori, Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 298 

 (1880) ; id. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 173 (1889). 



Triclioglossus rosenbergi, Salvadori, Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 61 (1891). 



Quills underneath with a red band towards the base. 

 Habitat. Mysore Island, in Geelvink Bay. 



This species a good deal resembles T. cyanogramimus, but, singularly, differs as to geographical 

 distribution, being, so far as yet known, exceedingly restricted in its range. 



The upper parts (back, wings, and tail) are again green, but the interscapular feathers 

 have more or less red. The head is entirely blue, save that the occiput is purple, bordered 

 with a narrow band of red, behind which the back of the neck is greenish yellow, sometimes 

 with a little red on tbe nape. The breast is red, but much traversed by broad dark blue 

 bands, the margins of tbe feathers being of that colour. These bands are larger and more 

 predominant than in T. cyanogrammus. The middle of the abdomen is of the same dark blue 

 tint ; the lower abdomen is partly red. The flanks are yellowish green, the feathers having 

 broad green margins. The under tail-coverts are yellowish green, and the feathers have green 

 spots at the tips. The quills have the inner web red towards the base. The under wing- 

 coverts are also red. The inner web of tbe outer tail-feathers is yellowish green. The bill 

 is reddish orange and the feet grey. 



Total length 11 inches, wing 4-8, tail 412, bill 0-85, tarsus 065. 



