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it was named T. meyeri by Lord Walden. Wallace believed the species to 
be rare in Celebes, in consequence of the competition of the abundant T. ornatm^ 
which does not occur in Sula; like T. omatus , however, it makes considerable 
* local movements, depending no doubt on the time of flowering or fruit- bearing 
of certain trees, and at the end of April, 1871, T. meyeri appeared in the 
neighbourhood of Manado in flocks (as did also about the same time T. omatus, 
Loriculus stigmatus and L. exilis), and could always be procured till the 18*’* of 
May, after which date it became scarce. Dr. Platen appears to have found 
both T. ornatus and meyeri plentiful at Rurukan (3000 ft.). Of the latter he 
writes that it is never kept in captivity like T. ornatus, though both will feed 
on broken biscuit and powdered canary seed. T. meyeri is of a much quieter 
and gentler nature than ornatus, perhaps the cause of its not being cared for 
as a pet (h 12). A tame female of T. meyeri in Dr. Platen’s possession laid 
an egg in November. The breeding season of the species in freedom is unknown. 
* 41. TRIOHOGLOSSUS FLAVOVIRIDIS Wall. 
Yellow-green Lory. 
Trichoglossus flavoviridis fij Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, 337, pi. XXXIX; id., 1864, 295, 292 pt.; 
(2) Finscli, Papag. 1868, It, 849; (.3) Wald., Ann. X. H. 1871, VIII, 281; (4j 
Sell., Rev. Psitt. 1874, 49; (5) Rclinw., J. f. 0. 1881, 156 (Consp. Psitt. 1881, 92); 
W. Bias., J. f. O. 1883, 125. 
a. Psitteuteles flavoviridis (1) Salv., Oat.B.XX, 1891, 63; (IIj Mivart, Lor. 1890. 123, pi XT. 
For further references see Salvadori a 1. 
Figures and descriptions. Wallace J; Mivart a II: Finsch 2; Reichenow 5; Salvad. al. 
Adult. Green; head olive-yellow; nape with a dusky collar; face, cheeks and chin dusky 
green, each feather margined with yellow; face, neck, breast, and upper part of 
the belly bright yellow, each feather narrowly margined with dark green, producing 
a regular scaly appearance; belly, vent and under tail-coverts yellowish green 
with green edges to the feathers; the inter scapulary feathers with concealed 
yellow bands; quills dusky black underneath; tail-feathers beneath ocln-e-yellow: 
bill orange-red; orbits bare, yellow; feet lead-colour; iris orange. Total length 216 mm; 
vdng 122; tail 81; bill IS; tarsus 13 (Salvad. a Ij. 
Distribution. Sula Islands (Allen I) — Sula Besi (Hoedt 5); Sula Mangoh (Bernst. 3). 
This si)ecies is the only member of the Loriidae known to occur in the Sula 
Islands, being very nearly related to T. meyeri of Celebes, from wLich it differs 
in having the head yellow, the chin and a nuchal collar dusky, and the yellow 
of the breast without any greenish tint. It Avas first obtained by Wallace’s 
assistant, Allen, who appears to have found the species abundant. The islands 
in Avhich he collected were the southern and eastern ones of the group, i. e. 
Sula Mangoli and Sula Besi. Ten specimens from these islands were subsequently 
sent by Hoedt and Bernstein to the Leyden Aluseum in 1864. As already 
noticed, the occurence of closely allied species in Sula and Celebes, and the 
non-occurreirce of the subgenus Psitteuteles, so far as is known, in the Moluccas 
a little further east, is of interest in questions of geographical distribution. 
