xxii INTRODUCTION. 



cyanauchen, Trichoglossus meyeri, Trichoglossus ornatus, and Charmosyna josephince have 

 been given by Dr. A. B. Meyer in plates xlvi., lxix., lxviii., xxiv., lxx., and ii. respectively, 

 in his work ' Abbildungen von Vogel-Skeletten,' 1879 (Dresden). 



We have been enabled to study the skeletons of only nine species. These are preserved 

 in the British Museum, in that of the Royal College of Surgeons, and in the Prosector's 

 Cabinet at the Zoological Gardens of London. So slight have we found the differences to 

 be amongst the specimens we have been able to examine of the genera Eos, Lorius, Vini, 

 Glossopsittacus, and Trichoglossus that we conceive a representation of some of the bones 

 of Lorius flavopalliatus will supply all the information it is desirable to give here, seeing 

 that it is impossible for us to give information respecting the skeleton of other genera. 



The species the skeletons of which we have been able to examine are : — 



Eos cardiiialis, 



E. rubra, 



Lorius flavopalliatus, 



L. garrulus, 



L. domicella, 



Vini australis, 



Trichoglossus novw-hollanclice, 



T. ornatus, 



Glossopsittacus porphyrocephalus. 



The admirable works of Professor Milne-Edwards on the Possil Birds of Prance and 

 on the Osteology of the Psittaci do not, unfortunately, contain figures or descriptions of 

 any species of Loriiclcs, and the same must be said of Bronn's ' Thierreich ' and (with a 

 quite insignificant exception) of Ptirbringer's magnificent folio volumes. 



We have selected certain portions of the skeleton of Lorius flavopalliatus (figs. 3-15,17) 

 to serve as a type of the skeletal structure of the Lories. 



