642 Messrs. H. C. Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 
“ Plentiful, feeding in flocks on very high trees. Iris red ; 
feet slate; bill slatish with a white tip; orbital skin red 
{Olive). 
89. Trichoglossus novae-hollandi m septentrionalis 
Robinson, Bull. Liverp. Mus. ii. p. 115 (1900). 
Trichoglossus novce-hollandice (partim) Salvad. Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. xx. p. 58 (1891) ; Mivart, Mon. Loriidse, p. 109, 
pi. xxxv. (1898); Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 428 (1899). 
The northern representative of this common Australian 
Lory can readily be distinguished subspecifically by its 
smaller size and by the brighter and purer blue of the head 
and abdominal patch. 
Some of the numerous specimens received from Mounts 
Sapphiri and Bellenden Ker agree very fairly with the original 
specimens from Cooktown, whilst others approach the typical 
form more nearly so far as coloration is concerned, but all 
are distinctly smaller in dimensions. One specimen from 
Cooktown is remarkable for having the tail composed of 
fourteen feathers, and not the normal number of twelve. 
“ Iris red; feet black ; bill red ” {Olive ). 
90. PSITTEUTELES CHLOROLEPIDOTUS NEGLEOTUS RchllW. 
Ornith. Monatsb. vi. pp. 4, 5 (1898). 
Several specimens from Cooktown and Cairns agree pretty 
w 7 ell with Herr Reichenow’s diagnosis, though some of the 
Cairns specimens are rather larger, approaching the typical 
form. P. neglectus cannot, however, be regarded as more 
than a subspecies, as there is no tangible difference except in 
size between northern and southern specimens. “ Iris red ; 
feet greenish yellow; bill red. Food, seeds and honey 33 
(Olive). 
91. Cacatua galerita triton (Temm.); Salvad. t. c. 
p. 118. 
Two specimens from Cooktown and five from Cairns. 
Regarding the specimens from Cairns, Mr. Olive writes :— 
“ Plentiful but very shy; generally in flocks, but some¬ 
times in pairs and singly. I have counted nearly 200 
