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LORIUS FLAVO-PALLIATUS, Saivad.
Yellow-mantled Lory.
Lorius garrulus (nec L.), Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 226 (nec p. 227).—Rosenb. Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 62
(pt.).-—Id. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxiii. p. 141 (1862, nec p. 142).—'Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864,
p. 289 (pt.).—Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Psittaci, p. 121 (1864, pt.).—Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 157 (1885,
pt.).—Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 153, no. 8189 (1870).—Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Psittaci, Revue, p. 55
(1874, pt.).
Lorius garrulus, var., Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 356 (pt.).
Domicella garrula, Finsch, Die Papag. ii. p. 776 (1868, pt.).
Lorius jlavo-pattiatus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Givic. Genov. x. p. 33 1877).—Id. Orn. Papuasia e delle Molucche, i.
p. 243 (1880).—Guillem. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 564.
C o u n t S a lv a d o r i , from whose work on the Birds o f Papuasia the above synonymy has been derived, was
the first naturalist who definitely recognized the distinctness o f this Lory, as it was considered by Dr. Finsch
and other well-known students o f the Parrots to be identical with Lorius garrulus o f Halmahera, although
most o f these writers recognized a certain variation in colour in the birds from Batchian. After examining
a large series o f specimens, Count Salvadori has pointed out th at the species from the island o f Batchian
differed from its relative in Halmahera in having the entire interscapulary region yellow. Similar
peculiarities mark the red Lories from the islands o f Obi, Morotai, and Raou, so th at Lorius garrulus would
seem to be entirely confined to the island o f Halmahera, or Gilolo, as it is wrongly called by most English
naturalists.
This species is said to be a good talker, and large numbers o f them a re caught by the natives.
Adult. General colour above deep crimson, darkest on the scapulars, the mantle bright yellow; wing-
coverts grass-green, with a patch o f yellow near the bend of the wing ; the inner, median, and g reater coverts
more olive-green, the latter with a tinge o f go ld en ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts blackish, externally
glossed with purplish blue; quills blackish, externally grass-green; upper tail-coverts duller crimson than the
rum p ; tail-feathers green, dull crimson a t the base, the outer ones purplish black, green at the e n d s ;
crown o f head, entire hind neck, sides o f face, and entire under surface o f body bright crimson; thighs
green ; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellow, the lower greater coverts blackish ; quills below black,
crimson for the greater p a rt o f the inner web. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1*05, wing 6*0, tail 4*0,
tarsus 0*75.
The figure in the Plate represents an adult bird o f the size o f life. The specimen from which it has
been drawn was lent to us by o ur friend Dr. Sclater.
[R .B . S.]