LORINfE. 
Eos Wagl* 
Bill large, higher than broad ; the oilmen arched to the tip, which is long and acute ; the sides 
compressed ; the gonys long, rounded, and curved upwards, with the lateral margins sinuated ; the 
nostrils basal, lateral, and oval. Wings long, with the first three quills the longest, and nearly equal- 
Tail lengthened and wedge-shaped, with the feathers narrowed, especially at the ends. Tarsi short and 
covered with small scales. Toes moderate, unequal, mostly covered with square scales, and the tip of 
each toe with transverse scales ; the claws long, arched, and acute. 
The gay-plumaged birds that compose this genus are found in the various islands of the Indian Archipelago and New 
Guinea. They principally subsist on the soft fruits that grow in the forests. 
1. E . indica (Gmel.) Wagl. PI. enl. 14 3. — Psittacus coccineus 
Lath. Le Vaill. Perr. t. 53. 
2. E. rubra (Gmel.) Wagl. PI. enl. 519. — Psittacus cseruleatus 
Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 937-, Le Vaill. Perr. t. 93. ; P. cyanonotus 
Vieill. Edwards’s Birds, pi. 173. ; P. borneus Lath. Le Vaill. Perr. 
t. 44. 
3. E. squamata (Bodd.) PI. enl. 684. — Psittacus guebiensis 
Scop. Le Vaill. Perr. t. 51. ; Psittacus squameus Shaw. 
4. E. cochinsinensis (Lath.) Wagl. Le Vaill. Perr. t. 54. — 
Psittacus riciniatus Bechst. ; P. cucullatus Shaw. 
5. E. variegata (Gmel.) Wagl. 
6. E. Isidorii (Swains.) Zool. III. n. s. pi. 
7. E. cervicalis (Lath.) Wagl. Le Vaill. Perr. 136. — Psittacus 
nuchalis Shaw, Misc. pi. 913. ; P. Langloisi Vieill.-, P. lunatus 
Bechst. Abbild. Naturh. Gegenst. t. 94. 
8. E. ornata (Gmel.) Wagl. Edwards’s Birds, t. 174., PI- en '- 
552. 
9- E. cyanostriata G. R. Gray Lorius borneus Less. Tr. d’Orn. 
p- 192- 
10. E. scintillata (Temm.) PI. col. 569. 
Coriphilus Wagl.* 
Bill slender, with the culrnen much arched to the tip, which is lengthened and acute; the sides 
compressed, with the lateral margins sinuated ; the gonys straight, compressed, and advancing upwards ; 
and the nostrils basal, lateral, and rounded. Wings long, with the first three quills nearly equal and 
longest. Tail rather lengthened and graduated, with the feathers broad and the ends narrowed. Tarsi 
moderate, strong, and covered with very small scales. Toes rather short, thick, the outer two equal in 
length ; the base of all covered with small scales, and the tips with transverse scales. 
These birds inhabit the islands of the South Pacific Ocean, where they live principally on the fruit of the banana: 
they have a hissing and whistling voice. The nest is usually built among the highest leaves of the cocoa-nut palm- 
1. C. notatus (Bodd.) — Psittacus taitianus Gmel. PI. enl. 455. f. 
2 . ; Psittacus saphirinus Forst. Desc. Anim. Icon. ined. 49. ; P. 
porphyrio Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 7 ., Le Vaill. Perr. t. 65 . ; Lorius 
vini Less. 
2. ? C. cyaneus (Sparrm.) Wagl. Mus. Carls, t. 27., Le Vaill. 
Perr. t. 66. — Psittacus Sparrmanni Bechst. 
3. C. pipilans (Lath.) — Psittacus euchlorus Forst.; P. fringil- 
laceus Gmel. ; P. australis Gmel. ; P. porphyreocephalus Shaw, Nat. 
Misc. pi. 1., Le Vaill. Perr. t. 71- 
4. C. solitarius (Lath.) Wagl. Le Vaill. Perr. t. 64. — Psittacus 
phigy Bechst. ; P. Le Vaillantii Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 109- i p - coC ' 
cineus Shaw. 
5. C. Kuhlii (Vigors), Wagl. Zool. Journ. 1824.pl. 16. 
6. C. Dryas Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. 165., Voy. Sulph. ® ir d»> 
pi. 
7. C. placentis (Temm.) PI. col. 553. 
8. C. Euteles (Temm.) PI. col. 568. 
9- C. Iris (Temm.) PI. col. 567- 
* Established by Wagler in 1830 ( Abhandl . Akad. Miinchen, 1832, p. 494.). 
t Established by Wagler in the Abhandl. Akad. Miinchen, 1832, p. 494. 
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