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lustre ; the primaries, their coverts, the border of the wing 

 and the small under coverts of the wing, indigo-blue ; the tail 

 is scarlet, blackish at the base, at the end, both above and 

 below, lemon-yellow ; all the upper part of the body a dull 

 scarlet ; the breast and belly violet-blue ; the lower coverts of 

 the tail lemon-yellow ; the beak black ; the eyes dark-brown ; 

 the iris a light or brownish-yellow ; the feet grey, with black 

 scales and claws. Size, exactly the same as the preceding 

 (length, 14Jin. to loin. ; wings, 9^in. to 9Jin. ; tail, 4iin.). 

 Distinguishing marks are the different shading of the red, the 

 broad yellow tip to the tail, and, in particular, the yellow coverts 

 under the tail. Native of the Gilolo Islands. 



In other respects this species is said to resemble the New Guinea 

 Eclectus. The female was mentioned by Miiller in 1776, named 

 by Gmelin in 1788, and described by Kuhl. The red female of 

 Gilolo is somewhat more frequent in the market than that of 

 the New Guinea, but, nevertheless, it only appears singly. 



CHAP. XL!.— THE CERAM ECLECTUS OR PARROT. 



Psittacus intermedius, Ess. ; P. intermedius, Bp. as male ; P. cardinalis, 

 Bdd. as female. 



Male bird hitherto hnown as, Ger., Mittlerer griiner JEdel- 

 papagei and Mitteledelpapagei ; not been distinguished by the 

 dealers — Female called the Crimson Lory, Blue-breasted Lory 

 (Ger., Mittelerer r other Edelpapagei inid Kardinaledelpapagei ; 

 Fr., Lori d' Aviboine) — Ceram Eclectus or Parrot (Fr., Perro- 

 qiiet de Ceram; Dut., Ceram Edelpapegaai) — Description. 



The male of this species greatly resembles those of the two 

 preceding, being, indeed, almost exactly alike, so that, according 

 to Dr. Meyer, all three varieties might be included in one. 



The male of the Ceram Eclectus is a dark grass-green ; the 

 primaries are indigo-blue ; the secondaries the same, but green on 

 the outer web ; a nairow border of sk3^-blue on the wings ; the 

 lower wing coverts and the plumage on the . shoulders, scarlet ; 

 upper mandible red ; the point yellow ; the lower beak black ; the 

 eyes blackish-brown ; the apple of the eye orange-red ; the feet 



