18 L0RIID.E. 



(1877) ; D'Alb. Bis, 1877, p. 366 ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. K.S. TV. 



iii. p. 106 (1878), iv. p. 96 (Port Moresby) (1879) ; Finsch u. 



Meyer, Zeitsehr. f. qes. Om. 1886, p. 8; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. 



Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 171 (1889). 

 Eos scintillata, D Alb. (nee Tem?n.), Sydn. Mail, 1877, p. 248 ; id. 



Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 8 (1877). 

 Chalcopsittacus scintillatus, tf Alb. (nee Temm.), Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



x. p. 19 (1877) ; Sharpe, Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc., Zool. xiv. p. 686 



(1879) ; Salvad. Om. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 274 (partim) (1880), iii. 



p. 519 (1882). 

 Chalcopsittacus scintillans, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. iii. 



p. 106 (1878) (Hall Sound, Katau). 

 Chalcopsitta chloropterus, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 254 



(1878-79). 

 Domicella scintillata, part., Rchnw. Journ. f. Om. 1881, p. 166 



(Consp. Psitt. p. 102). 



Adult. Very similar to C. scintillatus, from which, it differs 

 in the under wing-coverts being ordinarily green mingled with red, 

 sometimes entirely green ; besides, the hind-neck feathers are gene- 

 rally more green, and the yellow area on the quills beneath is not so 

 well defined. 



Hab. S.E. New Guinea and the Fly-River region. 



Along the Fly River the two forms C. scintillatus and C. chloro- 

 pterus meet. 



a. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. K. Broadbent [C.]. 



ft.Ad.sk. Port Moresby. Rev.S. Macfarlane[C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. Gould Coll. 



d-g. Ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea (A. Goldie). Purchased. 



2 - E0S - Type. 



Eos, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 494 (1832) E. bistrio. 



Range. Moluccas, Sanghir Islands, Papuan Islands, Tenimber 

 Islands, Solomon Islands and Puynipet of the Caroline Islands. 



Key to the Species. 



I. Red ; uropygium also red. 



a. Tail above black ; middle tail-feathers entirely 



black, the lateral ones with the inner web red. 

 a'. Upper wing-coverts black ; interscapular 



region red cyanogenys, p. 19. 



b'. Upper wing-coverts red; hind neck and inter- 

 scapular region with blue shaft-streaks . . reticulata, p. 20. 



b. Tail above dark purple ; the Lateral tail-feathers 



with the inner web red ; interscapular region 

 and nape blue, 

 c'. Larger; the upper part of the breast entirely 



blue ; wing 6'6 inches, tail 5'3 histrio, p. 21. 



d'. Smaller ; the upper part of the breast red, 



mixed with blue ; wing 6 inches, tail 4 . . ehallengeri, p. 22. 



