74 E. D. VAN OORT. BIRDS. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 434, Q, Helhvig Mountains, 3 September 1907.' Iris wax-red, bill orange, feet black. 



The red colour of the under parts in this spécimen is striking clear. 



Lorius lory erythrothorax Salvadori. 



Lorius erythrothorax Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, X, 1877, p. 32. — Id. Orn. Pap. I, 



1880, p. 230. — Id. Cat. B. Br. M. XX, 1891, p. 35. 

 Lorius lory erythrothorax, Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. Zool. VIII, 1901, p. 66. 



Coll. KOCH : 



Q, Etna Bay, 21 November 1904. Iris golden-yellow, bill red, feet black. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 19, çf, Noord River, ro May 1907. Iris and bill orange, feet black. 



N°. 41, çf, Noord River, 13 May 1907. Iris yellow, bill orange, feet black. 



N°. 42, çf> Noord River, 13 May 1907. Iris yellow, bill orange, feet black. 



N°. 43, rf, Noord River, 13 May 1907. Iris yellow, bill orange, feet black. 



N°. 52, çf juv., Noord River, 14 May 1907. Iris yellow, bill orange, feet black. 



N°- 53, Q juv., Noord River, 14 May 1907. Iris yellow, bill orange, feet black. 



N°. 54, cf juv., Noord River, 14 May 1907. Iris yellow, bill orange, feet black. 



N°. 89, Ç juv., Noord River, 20 May 1907. Iris yellow, bill orange with yellow tip. feet black. 



N°. 90, (f, Noord River, 20 May 1907. Iris yellow, bill orange with yellow tip, feet black. 



N°. 91, cT juv., Noord River, 20 May 1907. Iris yellow, bill orange with yellow tip, feet black. 



N°. 230, cT, Van Weel's kamp, r2 June 1907. Iris orange, bill red with yellow tip, feet black. 



N°. 240, çf, Noord River, 9 June 1907. Iris orange, bill brick-red, feet black. 



N°. 245, Q, Noord River, 9 June 1907. Iris yellow, bill red, feet black. 



N°. 470, (not sexed), Noord River near the „Z\valu\v", 15 July 1907. Iris yellow, bill red with 



yellow tip, feet black. 

 N". 484, Q, Noord River near the „Zwaluw", 7 August 1907. Iris yellow, bill yellow-red, feet black. 



The young birds hâve a band of blackish blue across the foreneck, which is joined 

 on the sides of the neck with the blue band of the hindneck. The interscapular région is 

 greenish. The greater under wingcoverts are yellow, broadly tipped with black; the smaller 

 ones are red, blue and green, in one example however only red with some green ones along 

 the bend of the wing. As well in old as in young spécimens the middle part of the tail 

 is at its upper surface sometimes greenish. Wings of adults from 153 to 165 mm. 



Trichoglossiis haematodus nigrogularis G. R. Gray. 



Trichoglossus nigrogularis G. R. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Londen, 1858, p. 183. — Salvadori, 

 Orn. Pap. I, 1880, p. 292. — Id. Cat. B. Br. M. XX, 1891, p. 55. 



Coll. KOCH : 



q", Merauke, 22 August 1904. 

 rf, Merauke, 23 August 1904. 

 Ç, Merauke, 23 August 1904. 



Thèse spécimens are somewhat smaller than examples from the Aru Islands in the 

 collection of the Leyden Muséum. Wing 137, 141 and 140 mm. 



