DR. L. F. DE BEAUFORT, BIRDS FROM DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 403 



LORIIDAE. 



Chalcopsittacus duyvenbodei Dubois. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XX p. 16. 



10 cfcf> 2?i sec?, Humboldt Bay, April 2oth, 2ist, 23rd and 28th, n°. 148, 149, 150, 154, 



160, 164, 168, 169, 170, 171, 196, 197. 

 3 C?C?> Tami, n°. 317, 342, 346 (native coll.) 

 2 Q9 Moaif, June 29th, n°. 605, 606. 



„Iris orange, feet and bill black." 



Although our hunters were collecting at Humboldt Bay and its neighbourhood in the 

 months of March, April, May and June, they shot thèse birds only between the 20th and 

 28th of April. It is curious that 10 of the 12 birds were maies. Could it be possible that 

 the maies flock together in certain periods of the year and migrate to places where they 

 are not found as a rule? 



Eos fuscata Blyth. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XX p. 30. 



2 ÇQ, cf juv. Humboldt Bay, April 29m, n°. 191, 192, 193. 



Lorius lory erythrothorax Salv. 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XX p. 35. 

 cf, Napan, March 6th, n°. 15. 



Length of wing 153 mm., the bird agreeing in this respect with L. rubiensis. It is 

 however young and perhaps not fully grovvn out. 



Lorius cyanauchen viridicrissalis subsp. nova. 



Lorius lory subsp.?, Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. Zool. VIII p. 67. 



juv. Humboldt Bay, April 2ist, 11°. 165. 



2 cfcT. 4 ÇQ. n ear Lake Sentani, April, June, n°. 55, 56, 57, 99, 374, 367. 



çf Tami, n°. 316 (native coll.) 



Rothschild and Hartert Le. mention 3 birds from Takar, differing from L jobiensis in 

 being smaller and agreeing in this respect with L. salvadorii, from which they differ 

 in their colouring. The same can be said of the birds from Humboldt Bay and its neigh- 

 bourhood and this is the reason why I range them under a new subspecies. I had no skins 

 of L. salvadorii for comparison, but even without material the différences are clear : The 

 colour of the mantle is the same as in L. jobiensis, only one çf (n°. 374) has the mantle 

 much darker, agreeing in this respect with L. salvadorii. The back is of a slightly brighter 

 red than in L. jobiensis, while in L. salvadorii it is darker. The underparts are like those 

 of L. jobiensis, but the undertailcoverts are lighter, more verditer blue, while in L. salvadorii 

 they are darker blue. Underwingcoverts as in L. jobiensis. Length ofwingof2 maies: 163 mm., 

 of 4 females: 158, 160, 160, 161 mm. 



