RED-THROATED LORIKEET Charmosyna amabilis CR

Trichoglossus (Glossopsitta) amabilis E. P. Ramsay, 1875

MZUT AV11219; previously mounted; adult male; Fiji Islands, January 1889; from Hans Berlepsch, ex. C. Ribbe .

Remarks.— Salvadori (1915) reported that in December 1891 Count Berlepsch of Gmunden (Austria) sent 36 birds from various locations to the Torino museum in an exchange. Carl Ribbe (1860–1934) was a German explorer, entomologist and dealer in insects.