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patch ; wings green ; under wing-coverts and tibiae blue ; bend of 

 the wing bluish white ; the base of the inner web of the primaries 

 red ; tail red at the base, the apical half green above, golden olive 

 below : bill orange-red ; feet black ; iris bright red or pale orange. 

 Total length 11 inches, wing - 7, tail 3 - 0, bill 095, tarsus 0*72. 

 Hab. Solomon Islands. 



a. J ad. sk. San Cristoval, 10th Dec, 1854 Voyage of H.M.S. 



(MacGiUivray). ' Herald.' 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. st. Solomon Isl. Zoological Society. 

 c.Ad.sk. Ulaua, Aug. 1805. J. Brenchley, Esq*. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Ugi, Sept. 1865. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Ulaua, Aug. 1866. Tweeddale Coll. 

 /. J ad. sk. Ugi, 12th Sept., 1880. Tweeddale Coll. 

 g. cf juv. sk. Guadalcanal-, March. Purchased. 



h. Sternum. 



8. Lorius tibialis. 



Lorius tibialis, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 499, 544, pi. xl. ; id. Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 372 ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 788 (cum figura capitis et 

 lingiue) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 503 (1875) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 62 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 33, n. 62 f 1877) ; Forbes, 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 278 ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 240 (1880) ; 

 Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 318(1883); Sharpe, Gould's B. 

 Neio Gum. pt. xxv. pi. 3 (1888) ; Salvad. Mem. Ii. Ac. Sc. Tor. 

 ser. 2, xl. p. 167 (1889). 



Domicella tibialis, Rcknto. Jouni. f. Orn. 1881, p. 170 (Consp. Psitt. 

 p. 106) ; id. Vogelbild. t. xxxi. f. 7 (1878-83). 



Adult. Red, a yellow band, somewhat hidden, across the crop 

 region; wings green, some of the upper wing-coverts and of the 

 quills next to the back stained with dull red ; bend of the wing and 

 under wing-coverts blue, with whitish tips ; tibiae blue ; quills with 

 the base of the inner web yellow ; tail red, with a dark purple band 

 at the tip : bill orange ; feet pale. Total length 11 -5 inches, wing 

 6-6, tail 3-8, bill 1, tarsus 07. 



Hub. Unknown. 



The only specimen known is the type. This bird is very much 

 like L. domicella, from which it differs especially in the head, which 

 is entirely red and has no black cap. 



Ad. sk. Zoological Soc. Gardens. (Type of species.) 



9. Lorius garrulus. 



Scarlet Lory, Edw. Birds, iv. pi. 172 (1751). 



Lorius ceramensis, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 215 (1760) (var.) ; Gulliv. 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 489. 

 Lorius moluccensis. Briss. Orn. iv. p. 219, t. xxiii. f. 1 (1760). 

 Psittacus ganulus, Linn. Mu<. Ad. Fr. ii. p. 14 (1764); id. S. iV. i. 



p. 144 (1766); (;,n. S. .V. i. p. :'<■'<:', (1788); L„t/i. Ind. Orn. i. 



p. 113(1790): Shaw, Nat. Misc. jil. 925 (1780-1813) ; id. Gen.Hist. 



