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Message: <blockquote data-quote="l_raty" data-source="post: 2995237" data-attributes="member: 24811">The text starts with a description, then gives measurements, then compares the bird to other Trichoglossus, and finally adds about this:"I received the single individual through the Count Ercole Turati of Milan, where it is part of the excellent and renowned ornithological collection of the Turati brothers. The Count obtained this individual from Mr. Laurent De Gréaux, naturalist-trader in Marseille, who had bought it in London together with two individuals of Psittacula Gulielmi III, which are also owned by the Turati brothers. The homeland indication is missing, but I think that the bird originates from New-Guinea. The Bremen Museum has an interesting collection of ethnographic objects from New-Guinea, and among others also a headdress of a native, made of feathers of various birds, mainly the tail feathers of Trichoglossus papuensis and of this new species. Mr. H. von Rosenberg, known for his travels in New-Guinea, informed me that these headdresses are particular to the natives from the inside of this island. With this information, we can regard these countries as the homeland of our nice species. Mr. H. von Rosenberg did not collect this bird during his travels, and the Pr. Schlegel wrote me that it is not present in the rich Dutch Museum in Leyden."That's all.</blockquote>