THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Trichoglossus moluccanus septentrionalis (Robinson). 
Queensland. 
Secondary subspecies, also two in number : 
Trichoglossus moluccanus colesi (Le Souef). 
South Queensland. 
Trichoglossus moluccanus cyrei (Mathews). 
Eyre’s Peninsula, South Australia. 
TRICHOGLOSSUS VERREAUXIUS. 
It should be recorded in this place that certain specimens have received 
names, but later investigation has shown such to be abnormalities. The 
names, if altogether neglected, might cause inconvenience to the future 
student, so I give here notes of such. 
In the present case I extract the matter from the Catalogue of the Birds in 
the British Museum, Vol. XX., p. 59, footnote, 1891 : 
“ Trichoglossus verreauxius. 
“ Trichoglossus verreauxius Bp., Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1854, p. 157, n. 352 
(Australasia) : G. R. Gr., List Psitt. Brit. Mus., p. 61, 1859 ; id., Handlist , 
II., p. 156, n. 8221 (1870). 
“ Trichoglossus verreauxi Bp., Naumannia 1856, Consp. Psitt., n. 315 ; 
Finsch. Papag., II., p. 846 (1868) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn., III., p. 660 (1877) ; 
Rchnw., Journ. f. Orn., 1881, p. 155 (Consp. Psitt., p. 91) ; id., Vogelbild. 
Nachtr. 33. 
“ Bright green ; cheeks and throat bluish ; breast, abdomen and sides 
with irregular yellow and orange cross-bands ; forehead and eyebrows red ; 
middle of the back with yellow spots ( Bonaparte ). 
“ Hob. Unknown.” 
“This bird, which according to Bonaparte is a large and true Tricho- 
glossus, was only known from Bonaparte’s original and incomplete description : 
the type specimen is in the Museum of Paris ; but there is a second specimen 
in the British Museum which has been labelled by Dr. Finsch as T. verreauxius ; 
it agrees pretty well with Bonaparte’s description : it is not symmetrical, 
and after some consideration I have arrived at the conclusion that most likely 
it is a hybrid between T. novcehollandice and Glossopsittacus concinnus. 
At the present time it is impossible to re-examine the original specimen, 
so that I am content to leave this matter as decided by Salvadori. The 
specimen in the British Museum, which I have examined, has no bearing 
upon the disposition of the species name. Mivart, in his Monograph, pi. xxxvi., 
has figured both the Paris and British Museum types. 
