27-0 ï A R K O T.
j6 .
V a s . A.
NOIRA LORY,
D e s c r i p t io n .
P l a c e .
76- 1 V a r . B.
4- SCARLET
LORY.
D e s c r i p t io n .
;Piiî£acus garrulus 0. tin. S#r. i. p. 144* N® 25.
• Piittacus coccin. orient, alis. ex viridi & nigro variis, Raii Sjn. p. $1« N® 9.
.Variété du Noira, Buf . oif vi. p. izg. N°l«
C IZ E of a Blackbird. Bill yellow : iridês the fame : body fc'ar-
^ let : ridge of the wing yellow : wing coverts green : quills
black, with the outer webs green ; beneath dufky : lower half of
the tail yellow ; the end half yellow green : round the knees a
garter of green t legs very Ihott and black.
Mr. Rc.y mentions to have feen this in Loudon, which came
from the Eajl Indies.
TJittacus garrulus 7, Lin. Syft. t. p. 145* 25*
Le Lory des Moluques, Brif. orn. iv. p. 215. N° 14. t. 23. f. 1.
Lori noira, Buf. of. vi. p. 127.
Lori des Moluques, PI- enl. 216.
Scarlet Lory, Bin», iv. t. 172.L
ev. Muf.
of the others. Bill orange : cere afh-coloured: round
eye the fame : body of a fine fcarlet, except a few fpots of
yellow on the back, between the wings: the lhoulders of the
wings are yellow, then green, afterwards green with yellow tips 5
greater quills dark green, inclining to blue: the two middle tail
feathers deep green, but near the lhafts have a tinge of dull red
half way down j the fide feathers half red half green; and the two
outfide ones have a violet tinge on the outer edge ; beneath, all
the
the tail feathers are reddilh yellow : found the knees a blue garter
: legs brown: claws black.
I perceived; a further variety in the collection of Dr. Hunter,
which had many of the wing coverts tipped with blue, and no
garter round the bottom of the knee: otherwife like the others.
Inhabits the Molucca IJles.
Piittacus domicella, Lin. Syji. i. p. 145. N° 26.
Le Lory des Indes'orientales, Brif. orn. iv. p. 222. N' 15, t. 24. f. t. PI.
enlum. 84, -la femelle,
Le Lori a Collier, Buf. oif. vi. p. 130.female.
Second black-cap Lory, Bdvi. iv. t. 171.
Lev. Muf H
g I Z E of the others: length near eleven inches. Bill red: cere
and round the eyes alh-colour: irides orange: top of the head
purplifh black: neck, body, and tail fcarlet; the laft tipped
with green : on the bread: is an obfcure * yellow crefcent: the
lower thigh feathers are blue: upper wing coverts green; the.
■ under ones blue: edge of the wings blue and green mixed:
legs blaokilh.
Ihhabits the Eaft-Indiesi-.
Le Lory ä Collier des Indes, Brif. orn. iv. p.^230; N& 18;-
Le Lori a Collier, Buf. oif vi. p. 131.
Le Lori, male des Indes orientales, Bl, enl. 119..
Laurey from the Brajils, Albitu i. t. 13. -
B IL L -yellowifla: round the eyes black: irides yellow: upper
part of the head of a Alining blue : neck, throat, back, fta-
* The yellow is confpicuous only when the feathers are blown back, not as
they lay over one another, according to BriJ/im.
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Place.
4- PURPLE--
CAPPED
LORY.
D e s c r i p t io n *
P l a c e .
77-
V a r . A.
BLUE-CAPPED
LORY.
pulars,