14)8 Bihliographical Notice. 



difFei'ence never exists in animals without making itself visible 

 in external characters, however occasionally masked under a 

 superficial resemblance of form or colour. No character, however, 

 can be given by which, from skins alone, an Eos can be distin- 

 guished from a Domicella, whence much confusion has arisen in 

 locating the species of these groups; and as the internal or struc- 

 tural tlifFcrcnce hitherto relied on to separate them does not 

 exist, they must be united in one genus, which had better be 

 that of £'o5,— 'first, because that has been correctly characterized 

 and is generally accepted ; and secondly, because not only are 

 Lorius and Domicella synonyms, but are both further objec- 

 tionable as being founded on old specific names, so that we must 

 either say Lorius lory or Domicella domicella, or alter the specific 

 name first given to these birds. 



The Trichof/lossiiKB will now form a well-marked and highly 

 natural group, characterized by a peculiar compressed form of 

 bill, compact glossy plumage, a brush-tipped tongue, graceful 

 forms, and active habits. They may be called in English, Lories, 

 — a name by which many of the species are known both in Europe 

 and in the Indian Archipelago. The genera Eclectus and Psit- 

 tacodis, called here red and green Cockatoos (for even the natives 

 see they have no resemblance to the " Lories"), having smooth 

 tongues, need be no longer separated from the true Parrots, with 

 which they agree in all essential points of structure and habits, 

 while they differ altogether from the species with which they were 

 before so unnaturally associated. Eclectus, indeed, is very like 

 some Lories in colour; but this is a superficial resemblance only, 

 the structure of the bill and of the ])lumagc, as well as the general 

 form and habits, being altogether different. 



Having discovered in New Guinea another species of Clurrmo- 

 sijna, much smaller than C. papuensis, I am enabled to deter- 

 mine with certainty the claims of that genus to a place among 

 the Trichoglossiwe. This subfamily will now include nearly all 

 the brilliantly coloured Psittacidce of the Indian Archipelago, 

 forming a group of birds alike interesting from their singular 

 structure and their extreme beauty. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 



The Natural History of the Tineina. By II. T. Stainton, assisted 

 by Prof. Zeller, J. W. Douglas, and Prof. Frey. Vol. iii. 



8vo. Loudon, Van Voorst, 1858. 

 We have already called attention to the appearance of the first two 

 volumes of this imjiortant work on the Natural History of the smaller 

 Lepidoptera ; and the third volume, which has lately been published, 

 fully maiutains the reputation acquired by its predecessors. 



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