BLUE-BELLIED LORIKEET. 
ranging from Brisbane to Cape York ; and the lighter ones from the 
South of Brisbane to Eyre’s Peninsula, South Australia. Two subspecies are 
therefore absolutely admissible upon colour alone, and these I recognise as 
given in my 1913 List. If, however, splitting such as is in vogue in connection 
with Palsearctic or North American birds be demanded, the four forms 
accepted in 1912 by me would be preferable. Measurements taken show 
that from Cairns to Cape York the birds are much smaller than typical New 
South Wales birds ; specimens from Cairns southward to Brisbane, however, 
are somewhat larger and almost equivalent to New South Wales ones, 
but on a series they notably differ in coloration, agreeing much more closely 
with the more northern form. These intermediate birds can bear the 
name colesi, though this was based on an aberration, or they would carry 
the complex formula : 
T. m. moluccanus — septentrionalis. 
When South Australian specimens are re-examined, the series agrees in 
coloration fairly well with typical birds and only differ slightly in size. As, 
however, each bird is consistently small, this would constitute a recognisable 
subspecies were these birds of Palaearctic origin. Upon averaging the figures, 
as is done by American ornithologists, they are distinctly smaller, but this 
method I do not emphasize. 
It may be noted that New South Wales birds are largest and that they 
regularly decrease in size northward to Cape York. This appears to confirm 
Hall’s suggestion that they are only nomadic in North Queensland, and not 
migratory. In Victoria they appear to be the same as New South Wales, so 
that Hall’s remarks as to their being migratory in this portion of their range 
would appear valid. In the east of South Australia they also appear more or 
less migratory, and these would be in agreement with New South Wales specimens. 
From Eyre’s Peninsula the breeding birds appear smaller, and this may 
be the beginning of a fixed colony, which may have given up their migratory 
habits, as flying north they would only get into the desert. 
It is unfortunate that the species name must be changed from novce- 
hollandice to moluccanus , but the latter has undoubtedly place priority, and 
the figure upon which it is based is a very good one. 
The subspecies and nomination of the species will then be as follows. 
Dominant subspecies, or better still, primary subspecies, number two 
as follows : 
Trichoglossus moluccanus moluccanus (Gmelin). 
New South Wales, Victoria, 
Tasmania (migrant only) and 
South Australia. 
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