MO Count T. Salvador"! — Notes 



Eos obiensis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 2, n. 12 (1900). 



Eos riciniatus obiensis Hartert, Nov. Zool. x. p. 5 (1903). 



From Mr. Rothschild's description, it appears that adult 

 examples of this species have no purple occiput or purple 

 collar round the neck, and all the greater wing-coverts and 

 scapulars black; while other individuals, probably younger, 

 exhibit a wide collar and a purple patch on the occiput, the 

 latter, however, not being connected with the collar. These 

 individuals, according to Mr. Rothschild, can only be dis- 

 tinguished from typical E. variegata ( = riciniata) by the 

 greater extent of the black colour on the wings. 



Hab. Obi Major. 



Dr. Hartert confirms the characters pointed out by Mr. 

 Rothschild ; but he adds that younger individuals may be 

 sometimes indistinguishable from Batjan, Halmahera, and 

 Tcrnate specimens ( = E. riciniata). 



Eos rubiginosa (Bp.) ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. pi. xiv. (1896). 



Eos fuscata Blyth; Mivart, Mon. Lor. pi. xv. (1890) ; 

 Martorelli, Ibis, 1897, pp. 60-63 ; Rothsch. & Hartert, Nov. 

 Zool. viii. p. 65 (1901). 



It appears that this bird is dimorphic, there being a red 

 and a yellow form ; it follows that the yellow marks are not 

 characteristic of the female, as stated in the ' Catalogue of 

 Birds/ xx. p. 31. 



Lorius Vig. 



Lorius hypcenochrous G. R. Gr. ; Mivart, Mon. Lor. 

 pi. xvi. (1896) j Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. p. 530 (1898). 



Lorius hypcenochrous hypcenochrous Rothsch. & Hartert, 

 Nov. Zool. viii. p. 66 (1901). 



Dr. Hartert would restrict the habitat of this species to 

 the Louisiade group (Rossell and Sudest Islands). 



Lorius devittatus Hartert. 



Lorius hypo'twchrous part., Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 

 xx. p. 32 (1891). 



Lorius hypcenochrous devittatus Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. 

 p. 530 (1898) ; Rothsch. & Hartert, op. cit. viii. p. 66 (1901). 



Lorius devittatus Sharpe, Hand-list, ii. p. 3, no. 2 (1900). 



According to Dr. Hartert, this form differs from typical 



