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



In the Leyden Muséum are two birds collected by von Rosenberg at Andai (June ist 

 1869) which perfectly agrée with my birds. They cannot be young L. lory, as suggested by 

 Salvadori, (Orn. Pap. I p. 236) as they hâve not any trace of immature plumage. The ver- 

 diter blue colour of the undertailcoverts, that is characteristic for L. c. viridicrïssalis, is 

 clearly visible. There is no reason to suppose that the birds were wrongly labelled, so the 

 only possible conséquence is that my new form also occurs on the mainland of New Guinea 

 W. from Geelvink Bay, together with L. lory. This would be reason enough, according to 

 the rules of modem ornithology, not to consider my viridicrïssalis as a subspecies of L. lory. 

 However, as I hâve explained in the introduction, this is not for me the reason why I range 

 viridicrïssalis under L. cyanauchen. I quite agrée with Salvadori (Orn. Pap. I p. 229) when 

 he says that from this group of Lorïus, L. cyanauchen is the most primitive as the blue 

 underwingcoverts and the lack of a red nuchal collar are only met with in the young of the 

 other forms. It is most probable that from a form very much like L. cyanauchen a form 

 with red underwingcoverts originated and that this form was further differentiated in L. lory 

 and erythrothorax, while the ancestral form gave rise to L. cyanauchen, L. jobiensis etc. For 

 this reason I think it best to acknowledge two species: L. lory and L. cyanauchen, the first 

 with the subpecies : L. I. lory, L. I. major, L. I. erythrothorax and L. I. rubiensis, the other 

 consisting of L. c. cyanauchen, L. c. jobiensis, L. c. viridicrïssalis and L. c. salvadorii. The 

 adult birds of both species are easily recognised, but this is not the case with the young 

 birds. However the young L. cyanauchen never hâve any trace of red in the underwing- 

 coverts, while this is almost always the case in young L. lory. 



Trïchoglossus cyanogrammus Wagl. 

 Orn- Pap. I p. 279. 



Tr. haematodus intermedius. Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. Zool. VIII p. 70. 

 cf, Bawé, March 4th, n°. 8. 



4cfcf) Q> sex?, Humboldt Bay, April, May, n°. 152. 153, 161, 163, 216. 217. 

 cf Abé Mts. May 3oth, n°. 278. 

 Ç>, Tami, n°. 329 (native coll.). 



I had no occasion to compare my birds with skins from German New Guinea but I 

 doubt if Tr. haematodus intermedius is a good subspecies. I hâve compared my birds with 

 a great number of skins from the Molucco isles as well as from W.- and S. W. New Guinea, 

 but I cannot see any différence between those of other parts of N. Guinea and mine. Surely 

 Molucco birds hâve a much bluer head than those from N. Guinea but amongst the birds 

 from West N. Guinea some are almost as blue as those from the Molucco isles. The 8 skins 

 from the neighbourhood of Humboldt Bay hâve ail less blueish earcoverts than Molucco birds 

 and resemble in this respect Tr. h. intermedius. The length of the wing is from 136 — 146 mm., 

 in which respect they agrée with the skins from Huon Golf in the Tring Muséum and not 

 with those from Astrolabe Bay as would be expected. 



We did not find Tr. nigrogularis at Humboldt Bay. 



Charmosyna josephinae Finsch. 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XX p. 84. 

 (Ç) Cyclop Mts, 1200 meters, April i4th, n°. 121 (in spirits). 



