19 



1. EOS CYANOGENYS. 



(THE BLACK- WINGED LORY.) 



[Plate V.] 



Lorius cyanogenia, Schleg Mus. P.-B., Psittaci, p. 128 (1864) ; Rosenberg, Reist. naar de 



Geelvinkbaai, p. 36 (1875). 

 Lorius cyano genius, Pinscb, Neu-Guin. p. 157 (1865). 

 Domicella cyanogenys, Pinscb, Papag. ii. p. 796 (1868) ; Meyer, Sitzb. k. Ak. TViss. 



Wien, lxx. p. 234 (1874). 

 Domicella sclilegeli, Pinscb, Papag. ii. p. 792 ; Reichenow, Vogelbild. tab. xxxi. fig. 6 



(1878-83). 

 Eos cyanogenia, Bp. Consp. i. p. 4 (1850) ; id. P. Z. S. 1850, p 27, plate xiv. ; Sclater, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 211 ; Rosenberg, Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 114. 

 Eos cyanogenys, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, x. p. 33, n. 65 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1878, p. 86 ; id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 246 (18S0) ; id. Cat. of Birds in Brit. Mus. xx. 



p. 19 (1891). 



Body, including uropygium, red ; tail black above ; upper wing-coverts black ; interscapular region red. 

 Habitat. Mafor Island (Pulo Manin) and Mysore Island in Geelvink Bay. 



This beautiful bird was first named by Prince Cbarles Lucien Bonaparte, who described and 

 figured it in the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society ' for 1850 as above stated. The type 

 of the species is the skin which the Prince found in the Leyden Museum, as be himself tells 

 us. It was that of a male. 



In Count Salvadori's opinion* Pinsch's Domicella schlegelii was established on some 

 young birds ; these have the feathers of the underparts edged with blue, a circumstance 

 which happens in one or two other species. 



Rosenberg tells us that the "Maningir " (which seems to be its native name) reveals its 

 presence in the bush by its short, shrill cries. Individuals habitually congregate in small 

 troops, which fly about hither and thither in the woods in company. 



The prevailing colour is red, which, in some lights, may show a purplish gloss. Prom 

 the forehead to, and including, the uropygium, and from the chin to the under tail-coverts, 

 the colour is red, save that a narrow black band may cross the back between the scapulars, 

 and that there is a black spot on the flanks above the thighs, which latter are also red. 

 There is a very conspicuous bright purple-blue patch on either side of the head, formed by 



* P. Z. S. 1878, p. 86. 



d2 



