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pulars, 'breaft, and. upper part of the belly, fcarlet: the neck encircled
with a ring of yellow: lower part of the back, rump, and
lower part of the belly, white and rofe-colour mixed) as are the
thighs: upper and under tail coverts red and white mixed: wing
coverts green, mixed with yellow: quills fine blue : leffer quills
yellowilh green: tail purple, with a caft of red brown: legs
cinereous: claws black.
Albin brings it from Braftl, but Briffon from the Eajl-Indies.
Buffon is of opinion, that thefe two laft are only male and female,
and that the laft isthe male. He obferves, that the female
wants the ring on the neck; and that the blue on the head takes
up lefs fpace, and is lefs in fize; the chief difference being in the
want or prelence of the ring on the neck: but in this cafe AIr.
Albin's bird muft be a confiderable variety at leaft, from the difference
of colour on the lower part of the back, &c. M. de
Buffon too obferves, that all the Lories are brought from the
Moluccas, or New Guinea-, who is joined in opinion by M.
Sonnerat *.
Thefe birds are remarkable for their fpeaking diftinftly, as
well as their aptnefs to learn quickly any thing they are taught.
They are in general very fcarce, and fell dear, from the difficulty
of bringing them oven, and keeping them afterwards.
* ** C’eft improprement que les ornithologiftes ont défigne les Loris par les
Noms de Loris des Philippines, des Indes orientales, de la Chine, &c, Les oifeaux
de cette efpèce ne fe trouvent qu’aux Moluques & à la Nouvelle Guinée, ceux qu’on
voit ailleurs, en ont tous été transportés.” Sonnerat Voy. à la Nouv, Guinée,
P‘^73*
Pfîttacus
SPfittacus Lory-, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 145. N° 27.
Le Lory des Philippines. Brif, ornt iv. p. 225. N° 16. t . '23. :f. 2.
Le Lori tricolor, Buf oif. vi. p. 13-2.
Lory des Philippines, Pl.enl. 168.
Firft black-cap Lory, Edw. iv. t. 170.
Lev. Muf.
J ENGTH ten inches and three quarters. Bill orange: cere
and round the eyes alh-coloured: irides fine orange : whole
crown of the head black, with a blue caft: neck and body fcarlet,
except a patch of blue between the neck and back, and another
on the lower part of the breaft, mixing among the red feathers
: wing coverts green above: quills for the moft part green,
but fome of them edged with yellow: lower part of the thighs,
~the. vent, and under tail coverts, blue : the two middle feathers
o f the tail half red, half green ; the fide ones red half way, then
green, with the outer edge violet : legs blackilh.
Said to come from the Philippine IJlands. Mr. Sonnerat found
it at the Ifle of Polo *, which moft probably is it’s natural abode.
This fpecies is exceedingly familiar, playing with, and running
after thofe who keep it. It is much to be regretted, that its duration
of life proves fo fhort in thefe colder regions.
Le Lory d’Amboine, Brif. orn. iv. p. 231.
Le Lori Cramoifi, Buf. oif. vi. p. 133.
Lory d’Amboine, PI. enl. 518.
Blue-breafted Parrot. Brovonys Illujl. t. 6.
y JENGTH eleven inches and a half; and in fize fomewhat
bigger than the reft of the Lories. The bill is dull red:
• Mem. The Spaniards call this ifland one of the Philippines, but the Dutch
rank it among the Moluccas.
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