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3. EOS HISTRIO. 



(THE RED-AND-BLUE LORY.) 

 [Plate VII. Figs. 1 & 3.] 



The Indian Lori, Latham, Syn. i. p. 217, n. 19 (1781) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 128 (1822). 

 The Blue-breasted Lory, Greene & Dutton, Parrots in Captivity, vol. iii. pi. xii. p. 53 



(1887). 

 Perruche violet et rouge, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 138 (1779) ; Levaillant, 



Perroquets, pi. 53 (1801-1805). 

 Perruche des Indes Orientates, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. 143 (1783). 

 Psittaca indica coccinea, Brisson, Orn. iv. p. 376, pi. xxv. (1760). 

 Psittacus histrio, Mlill. S. N., Suppl. p. 76 (1771). 

 Psittacus indicus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 318, n. 58 (1788). 

 Psittacus coccineus, Lath. Index Orn. i. p. S9, n. 22 (1890). 

 Lorius coccineus, Steph. in Shaw's Zool. xiv. 2, p. 132 (1826). 

 Lorius indicus, Pinsch, Neu-Guin. p. 157 (1865). 



Lorius histrio, Koch, Verz. Sarnml. Vogelb. aus Celebes u. Sanghir, p. 1 (Febr. 1876). 

 Domicella coccinea, Pinsch, Papag. ii. p. 800 (1868). 

 Domicella histrio, Peichnw. Vogelbild. t. xxxi. fig. 1 (1883). 

 Eos indica, Wagl. Mon. Psitt. p. 557 (1832) ; Hickson, Natural, in N. Celebes, p. 155 



(1889). 

 Eos coccinea, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 227 ; Salvador!, Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 268 (1880). 

 Eos histrio, G. P. Gray, Hand-list, ii. p. 154, no. 8190 (1870) ; Salvadori, Cat. of Birds 



in Brit. Mus. xx. p. 21 (1891). 



Body, including uropygium, red ; interscapular region and nape blue ; the upper part of the breast 

 entirely blue. 



Habitat. Sanghir and Talaut Islands. 



The Ped-and-Blue Lory is the type of the genus, and has been known ever since 1760. It 

 was long erroneously supposed to form part of the fauna of Celebes. Mr. Sydney J. Hickson, 

 a naturalist who made an expedition to Celebes and the Sanghir and Talaut Islands, gives 

 us his experiences as to this Lory as follows : — " We arrived at the Talaut Islands on Monday 

 morning, and let go our anchor off the little village of Lirung in Salibabu. I went ashore 

 immediately with the controleur and my boy, and strolled along the beach for some distance 

 in search of birds, insects, and plants, hoping that, as it was still early, there might be a few 

 living things about. I saw a few birds of the same species as those I was accustomed to see 

 in Tulisse, such as the Sandpipers, the Starlings, the Green Parrots, the Nectar Birds, and so 



