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which connects it with Trichoglossus, the type and centre of the sub¬ 
family ; as on the other side Lathamus and Charmosina connect the 
same Trichoglossus through Coriphilus (and especially by means of 
Lathamus ) with the subfamily Platycercince. 
It may be characterized by its elegant form, small stature, com¬ 
pact, red plumage with more or less blue; compressed, moderate, 
red bill, with the cere apparent (not concealed as in Eclectus) ; short 
feet, with robust toes and powerful, arched, very acute nails; and 
longisli, not very broad, wedged tail. 
It is composed, to my knowledge, of only seven species;—five 
already described (and some of them too many times) in the systems, 
and two new ones, wdiich form the subject of the present paper, and 
of which I subjoin the faithful portraits drawn by an anonymous 
hand, which has no merit in keeping the transparent veil upon an 
additional claim to our admiration and gratitude, since it is. so far 
beneath its others! And when I say that only five are the hitherto 
known species of Eos, it is because I do not count Eos variegata and 
Eos Isidorii of Wagler, since, the first is evidently nothing but a va¬ 
riegated or pied bird, and the other, named, described and figured 
by Swainson, appears identical with Eos riciniata, for which the false 
name of cochinchinensis cannot be retained. Of the other three (out 
of the ten admitted by our friend G. R. Gray, in his ‘ Genera of 
Birds’), E. scintillata is a Chalcopsitta, and E. cervicalis and ornata 
are Trichoglossi ! 
1. Eos cyanogenia, Bp. (Aves, PI. XIV.) 
E. rubra; macula magndperiophthalmicd cyanea: humeris ex toto, 
remigibus elongatis rectricibusque magnd ex parte nigris. 
Long. 9 poll.; alse, 6^ poll. ; caudse, 4 poll. 
Close to Eos indica or coccinea, but having no blue on the head, 
back or breast; and instead, a large blue patch, including the eye and 
covering the cheek, which Eos indica has red ; the black also is more 
predominant on the wings, and the red tinge duller. The phrase in 
English may be: 
" Brownish red; the whole of the shoulder and great part of the 
wing- and tail-feathers black ; a large azure patch on each side of the 
head.” 
I found the specimen upon which I did not hesitate to establish 
my species among the endless treasures of the Leyden Museum. 
2. Eos semilarvata, Bp. (Aves, PL XV.) 
E. coccinea ; vittd a guld ultra ocidos, macula utrinque scapu- 
lari, crissoque, cyaneis : remigibus brenibus rectricibusque apice 
tantum nigris. 
Long. 9 poll. ; alee, 5| poll.; cauda, 4 poll. 
Resembling Eos rubra, but much smaller and half-masked ! 
“ Entirely red, even on the shoulders; the tips only of the quills 
and tail-feathers black; two symmetrical spots on the scapularies, 
under tail-coverts and semi-mask extending from the throat behind 
the eyes, rich blue.” 
