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abdomen and under tailcoverts red, the latter blue at base; lower back, rump and upper 

 tailcoverts blue; tailfeathers black, tipped with rosy red, outer webs with a slight bluish 

 tinge ; under wingcoverts greenish blue; bend of wing green. Wing 188, tail 190, bill 22, 

 tarso-met. 20 mm. 



Trichoglossidae. 



Chalcopsitta scintillatus (Temminck). 



Psittacus scintillatus Temminck, PL col. 569, 1835. 



Chakcpsittacus scintillatus, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 274 (partim). — Id. Cat. B. Br. 

 M. XX, 1891, p. 16. 



Chalcopsitta scintillatus chloropterus (Salvadori). 



Chalcopsittacus chloropterus Salvadori, Ami. Mus. Civ. Genova, IX, 1876, p. 15. — Id. Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. XX, 1891, p. 17. 



Coll. KOCH: 



rf, Etna Bay, 2 December 1904. Iris brown, bill, cere and feet black. 

 Ç juv., Etna Bay, December ^04 Iris, bill, cere and feet black. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 78, Ç, Noord River, 18 May 1907. Iris orange, bill and feet black. 



N°. 115, Q, Noord River, 23 May 1907. Iris dark orange, bill and feet black. 



N°. 121, Q, Noord River, 23 May 1907. Iris dark orange, bill and feet black. 



X". 213, cf, Van Weel's kamp, 8 June 1907. Iris orange-brovvn, bill and feet black. 



N°. 214, Q, Van Weel's kamp, 8 June 1907. Iris orange-brown, bill and feet black. 



N 3 . 284, çf, Sabang, 16 June 1907. Iris, bill and feet black. 



N°. 285, çf, Sabang, 16 June 1907. Iris, bill and feet black. 



The- spécimens collected by Mr. KOCH are typical scintillatus. The young female has 

 some red feathers on the nape. 



The séries collected by Mr. LORENTZ is interesting, as there are among the spécimens 

 typical scintillatus, typical chloropterus and intermediate examples. N os . 78, 115 and 121 are 

 typical scintillatus. N°. 213 is a typical chloropterus, the under wingcoverts being pure green 

 and the quills having no yellow at ail at the base; n°. 214 on the other hand, shot at the 

 same spot, is a typical scintillatus, with the under wingcoverts red and with the base of the 

 innerwebs of the quills yellow. N°. 284 has the under wingcoverts dark red, some feathers 

 with green shaftstripes, and the yellow markings at the quills almost obsolète, while n°. 285 

 has the green under wingcoverts mingled with red and conspicuous yellow spots on the 

 innerwebs of the quills. It seems, that near the mouth and along the lower course of the 

 Noord River Ch. scintillatus occurs, while along the upper course both forms, scintillatus and 

 chloropterus, are found. Also along the Fly River the two forms are met with, so that over 

 a tolerably vast area they are found together. 



Eos fuscatus Blyth. 



Eos fuscatus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng XXVII, 1858, p. 279. 



Eos fuscata, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 263. — Id. Cat. B. Br. M. XX, 1891, p. 30. 

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