FAM. LORIIDAE 7 
16. Eos rubiginosa (Bonaparte) (Plate 1, Fig. 2). Puynipet (Caroline Is- 
Chalcopsitia rubiginosa Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. Vol. 1, p. 3 (1850). lands). 
Eos rubiginosa Gray, cf. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 29 (1891); Mivart, 
Mon. Lor. pl. 14 (1896); Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, p. 409. 
3. GENUS LORIUS Viacors 
Lorius Vigors, Zool. Journ. Vol. 2, p. 400 (1825) (type of the genus Psvttacus domicella Linneeus). 
Characters. The species of this genus form a very natural group, which although 
nearly allied to the genera Chalcopsittacus and Eos, may be easelv distinguished by the combi- 
nation of the body red or purple with olive-green wings. 
Geographical Distribution. This genus extends from the Moluccas on the West to the 
Solomon Islands on the East, covering also the Papuan [slands. 
KEY OF THE SPECIES 
A. Puileum black. 
a. No yellow band across the crop region. 
a’. Under wing-coverts red. 
a’. Abdomen purple. 
a!" A black bar at the tip of the longest under wing-coverts. . . . . . . iL. HYPOENOCHROUS. 
b!". Without the black bar at the trp of the longest under wing-coverts. . . . lL. DEVITTATUS. 
b!!. Abdomen blue. 
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b! Under wing-coverts blue. 
cl. A band below the occiput red. 
e!". Larger; wing of adult male about r7omm. . . . . . . . . . CL. JOBIENSIS. 
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b. A vellow band across the crop region. 
c!. Quills with the base of the inner web yellow. . . . . . - . . . » . JL. DOMICELLA. 
d!. Quills with the base of the imner web ved . . . . . . - . . . . . IL. CHLOROCERCUS. 
B. Pileum the the rest of the head red. 
a. Under wing-coverts light blue; tibia of a brighter blue . . . . . . . . . L. TxBraris. 
b. Under wing-coverts yellow. 
a!. Interscapular region red, often with a few yellow feathers in the middle. . . . lL. GARRULUS. 
b!. Interscapular region yellow . . . . . . - + «~ «~~. + - « . L, FLAVOPALLIATUS. 
r. Lorius hypcenochrous Gray (Plate 3, Fig. 2). Louisiade Archipelago 
Lorius hypoinochrous Gray, List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 49 (1859). (Sudest Island, St. 
Lorius hypoenochrous Wallace, cf. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 32 (part.) Aignan, Rossel Isl.). 
(1901); Mivart, Mon. Lor. pl. 16 (1896) ; Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, p. 410. 
2. Lorius devittatus Hartert (Plate 3, Fig. 3). S. E. New Guinea, Fer- 
Lorius hypoenochrous part. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 32 (1891). gusson Island, Wood- 
Lorius hypoenochrous devittatus Hartert, Novit. Zool. Vol. 5, p. 530 (1898). lark Island, Bismarck 
Lorius devittatus. Sharpe, Hand-List, Vol. 2, p. 3, n° 2 (1900); Salvadori, Ibis, 1905, Archipelago. 
p- 410. 
