2. eos. 23 



Eos cardinalis, Bp. Compt, Rend, xliv. p. 539 (1857) ; G. R. Gr. 

 List Peitt. Brit. Mus. p. 53 (1859) ; id. Cat, B. Trop. Isl. p. 31 

 (1859) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. I860, p. 228, 1869, pp. 122, 124 ; G. R. Gr. 

 Hand-list, ii. p. 154, sp. 8205 (1870) ; Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 307 ; 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 249 ( 1880), iii. p. 518 (1882) ; Ram- 

 say, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. p. 34 (1882) ; Grant, P. Z. S. 1887, 

 p. 330, 1888, p. 190; Woodford, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 249; Salvad. 

 Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. ser. 2, xl. p. 168 (1889) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. 

 B. p. 73 (1889). 



Eos uuicolor, Wall, (nee Shaw), P. Z. S. 1804, pp. 291, 295. 



Domicella cardinalis, Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 185 (1868) ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1809, p. 128, pi. xi. ; Ramsay. Pr. Linn. Soc, N.S. W. i. p. 67 (1876) ; 

 Rchnw. Vogdbild. t. xxxiii. f. 4 (1878-83). 



Trickoglossus cardinalis, Rchnw. Journ.f. Orn. 1881, p. 162 (Consp. 

 Psitt. p. 98). 



Domicella (Eos) cardinalis, Rchnw. Journ.f. Orn. 1882, p. 232. 



Adult. Red, rump and upper tail-coverts darker ; back and wings 

 dull red ; feathers of the breast and abdomen edged with whitish ; 

 bend of the wing and metacarpal edge have the feathers edged with 

 dull purplish blue ; quills and tail-feathers brown-red, with an olivo 

 tinge ; bill dusky orange ; feet blackish ; iris reddish brown. Total 

 length about 13 inches, wing 7'3, tail 6-3, bill 0-95, tarsus O70. 



Female. Like the male, only smaller. Total length 12 inches, 

 wing 6-9, tail 5-9, bill 0-85, tarsus 0-69. 



Hab. Solomon Islands. 



a. <3 ad. ; b. $ ad.; Guadalcanal - , Sept. 1865. J. Brenchley, Esq. 

 c. Ad. ak. [P.]. 



d. Ad. ak. Solomon Islands. Tweeddale Coll. 



e. ? ad. sk. Guadalcanal Sept. 1880 (G. Tweeddale Coll. 



F. Richards), 

 f. Ad. sk. [Duke of York Islands *.] P. L. Sclater, Esq. 



[P.]. 



G. Eos rubra. 



Long-tailed scarlet Lory, Fdw. Birds, iv. pi. 173 (1751); Lath. 



Syn. i. p. 216, no. 18 (1781) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 127 (1822). 

 Psittaca coccinea Eonarum fortunarum insuhe, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 273 



(1760). 

 Tsittacus borneus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 141, no. 11 (1766) ; Gm, S. X. i. 



p. 318 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 89, no. 21 (1790); Bechst. 



Kurze Uebers. p. 69 (1811) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 400, pi. 67 



(1811) ; Kuhl, < 'onsp. Psitt, p. 40 (1820 ) ; Vicill. Enc. Meth. p. 1382 



( 1 828) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 21 ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 911 (^1868) ; 



Salvad. Cat. Ucc. Horn. p. 27 (note) (1874). 

 Lory de la Chine, D'Aubent. PI. Bid. 519. 



Lori de Gilolo (!), Sown. Voy. Nouv. Gain. p. 177, pi. 112 (1776). 

 Paittacua chinensis (!), Mull. S. N. Siqypl, p. 77 (1776) ; Cass. Pr. 



Ac. Nat. Sc. Phi/ad. 1864, p. 240. 

 Lory rouge, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 134 (1779). 



* Specimen / is the onp mentioned by Mr. Sclater P. Z. S. 1873, p. 3), who 

 received it from Dr. Bennett as from the Duke of York Islands ; hut I feel pretty 

 sure that the locality civen is erroneous. 



