xl GEOGEAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



New Guinea, with the islands in Geelvink Bay (the Papuan region), is the region 

 richest in Lories, for no less than 31 species at least inhabit it, but fully 34 species of Parrots 

 which are not Lories inhabit it also. 



The Polynesian region can boast of 17 species of Loriidce, but there are almost, if not 

 quite, twice that number in it of kinds which pertain to other families. 



As might be expected, there are species of Loriidce which are not confined to one 

 region. Thus Chalcopsittacus ater and C. scintillatus, Los fuscata, Lorius lory, 

 Trichoglossus cyanogrammus, T. nigrogularis, and Hypocharmosyna placens are common 

 to both the Papuan and Moluccan regions. Lorius hypoenochrous and Trichoglossus 

 massena are found both in New Guinea and in Polynesia, while Hypocharmosyna subplacens 

 inhabits both the Papuan and the Polynesian regions. 



No Lory, however, which inhabits Australia appears to be found in any other of the 

 four Lorine regions. 



But the tract of the earth's surface wherein the Lories find their home is the absolutely 

 richest one in Parrot species ; it contains altogether nearly 250 species. While the next 

 richest Parrot region, that of South America, contains but 144 kinds ; and if we add to them 

 the 15 of the West Iudies and the 28 found north of Panama, we have but a total of 

 187 species. 



Africa and Madagascar, with all the islands which can be reckoned with them, contain 

 only about 37 species, while Asia (including Hindostan, Ceylon, China, the Andaman and 

 Nicobar Islands, and those of the Indian Archipelago) has but about 32 different kinds. 

 The Zealandian region, though without any Lories, contains at least sixteen other species 

 of Parrots, including fully three Nestors, which are species (as we have seen) that show much 

 affinity to the Loriida?. 



In the geographical region of Lories, which contains the great number of nearly 250 sjoecies 

 in all, the Loriidce constitute one-third, plus one-third of such third of the whole number. 



The most remote outlying parts of the area inhabited by Lories contain but very 

 few of them, and in hardly any are they unaccompanied by other kinds of Parrot. Such, 

 however, is the case, we believe, with (1) Panning and Washington Islands, which contain 

 one kind of Lory ; (2) Samoa and the Friendly Islands, which have a closely allied kind 

 of Lory ; (3) Pead Island, which is inhabited by another ; (4) the Marquesas, that has yet 

 another solitary form ; (5) New Hanover, and, finally, (6) the New Hebrides, which each 

 possess two species. 



New Caledonia, wdrich has two kinds of Lory, is also inhabited by two species of Parrots 

 which are not Lories. 



The Society Islands, which have but one very exceptional Lory, have two Parrots 

 belon^ins; to another familv. 



The Piji Islands have two Lories, but they are also the home of five species which are 

 not Lories, and which belong to one genus found nowhere else in the world. 



The Louisiade Archipelago is inhabited by one Lory and one Parrot not a Lory. The 

 same is the case with the Loyalty Islands. 



The Solomon Islands contain four species of Lory and five Parrots of other kinds. 

 Celebes has two Lories and eight other kinds of Parrots. 



