FAM. LORIIDZ: 5) 
ale Tips of the upper wing-coverts and of the quills black. . . . . . . . +. XS. HISTRIO. 
bl’. Upper wing-coverts almost entively ved, and black band at the lip of the secondaries 
nayrowey . . ‘ : E. TALAUTENSIS. 
d'. Smaller, the wpper ee of the breast ved, mixed with blue ; wing 6 inches ws TOS mir. ) 
HL At ORCS (SOR TU) 8 eo eB eo eo 6 6 0 6 6 0 o 6 o Jo CHINTUONEDIRN, 
c. Tail above dull ved. 
e'. No violet collar. 
c''. Almost entirely red ; only the wing-coverts, along the edge of the wing, edged with 
bluish-purple. . . . a ide ois Ste ie tics 7 SNe ac Dee oe eee an Lea CARR ID INIATAT Se 
ue ree the scapulars mostly blue. 
. Whole of the face ved. 
at, Larger; wing 152-174 mm. 
. Ear-coverts, back and thighs ved FE. RUBRA. 
b®. Ear-coverts lavender blue, and the back and thighs eae blue E. GOODFELLOWI. 
bt. Smaller; wing 146-155 mm, E. CYANONOTA. 
bb!" A blue band through the subocular region E. SEMILARVATA. 
t'. A purple collay round the neck. 
e!, Head ved; no purple spot on the occiput in the adult bird . E. WALLACEI. 
a Head red; a purple spot on the occiput E. INSULARIS. 
. Head, neck and occiput purple ltke the collay . . . E. RICINIATA. 
d. Tail above olive, yellowish towards the tip; ved colour all over the ae ae tail and 
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Besides the above mentioned species there is a form (Eos variegata obiensis Rothschild, 
Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. Vol. 10, p. 16, 1899) on which I have not been able to make up my mind. 
From Mr. Walter Rothschild’s description it appears that adult examples have no purple 
occiput nor 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. W. Rothschild, can only be distinguished from typical E. variegata by the greater extent 
of the black colour on the wings. I have examined in the Leyden Museum specimens from Obi, 
and in my Papuan Ornithology (Vol. 1, p. 263) I have attributed them to £. riciniata 
(= E. variegata). According to Dr. Hartert ie litt.) E. variegata obiensis is a very interesting 
and distinguishable form. 
1. Eos fuscata Blyth. New Guinea, Jobi, Sal 
Eos fuscata Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. Vol. 27, p. 279 (1858); Salvadori, Cat. Birds wati. 
Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 30 (1891); Mivart, Mon. Lor. pl. 15 (1896); Martorelli, Ibis, 
1897, pp. 60-63; Rothschild et Hartert, Novit. Zool. Vol. 8, p. 65 (rg0r): Salvadori, 
Ibis, 1905, p. 410. 
2. Eos cyanogenys Bonaparte (Plate 1, Fig. 4). Mafor, Pulo-Manin, My- 
Eos cyanogenys Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. Vol. 1, p. 4 (1850); Salvadori, Cat. Birds sore (Geelvink-Bay). 
Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 19 (1891); Mivart, Mon. Lor. Pl. 5 (1896); Salvadori, Ibis, 
1905, p. 407. 
3. Eos reticulata (S. Miiller) (Plate 2, Fig. 1). Yenimber Islands, Little 
Psittacus rveticulatus S, Miller, Verh. Land- en Volkenk. pp. 107-108 (1839-1844). Key, Dammer Isl. 
Eos reticulata Sclater cf. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 10, p. 20 (1891) ; Mivart, 
Mon. Lor. pl. 6 (1896); Hartert, Novit. Zool. Vol. 7, p. 19 (1900) ; Vol. 8, p. 5 (1907) ; 
Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, p. 407. 
