408 Count T. Salvadori — Notes 



Eos talautensis Meyer & Wiglesw- 



Eos histrio part., Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 21, 

 spec, g, Saha I. (Talaut Id.) (1891). 



Eos histrio talaatensis Meyer & Wiglesw. Journ. f. Orn. 

 1894, p. 240; Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. p. 88 (1898). 



Eos histrio var. talautensis Mivart, Mon. Lor. p. 24 a (1896); 

 Dubois, Syn. Av. p. 28 (1899). 



Eos talautensis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 2, n. 4 (1900). 



According to Dr. Meyer and Mr. Wigles worth, the Talaut 

 Lory differs from E. histrio in having the upper wing-coverts 

 almost entirely red, with scarcely any mixture of black, and 

 the black band at the tip of the secondaries narrower (2-5 mm. 

 broad, instead of 7-12 mm.). 



The difference appears to be very small ; still Dr. Hartert 

 declares that he has had no difficulty in distinguishing 

 every one of the series from the typical E. histrio. 



IJab. Talaut Islands. 



Eos challengeri Salvad. ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. pi. vii. fig. 2 

 (1896). 



Dr. Mivart is not inclined to give to this species a higher 

 rank than that of a variety or subspecies. 



Eos caudinalis (G. R. Gr.) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. pi. viii. 

 (1896) ; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 186 (Florida, 

 Kulambangra), p. 378 (Guadalcanal-) (1901) ; ix. p. 588 

 (Ysabel), p. 594 (Treasury I.) (1902). 



Eos rubra (Gm.) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. pi. ix. (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 2 (1900). 



Eos kuhni Rothsch. Nov. Zool. v. pp. 110, 509 ( = E. rubra 

 juv. from Ke Islands) (1898). 



Eos homea (L.) ; Rothsch. Nov. Zool. v. p. 509 (1898) ; 

 Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 4 (Key I.) (1901). 



Eos borneus (L.) ; Rothsch. Nov. Zool. viii. pi. xviii. fig. 1 

 (juv.) (1898). 



Eos bornea bomea Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 229 (1900) ; 

 viii. p. 5 (1901). 



Whether the Ke-Island bird, which is decidedly larger 



