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GRAND ELECTUS. 

 Electus grandis WAGLER. 



Electus grandis, Wagler^ Mon. Psitt. in Abhand. &c. pp. 

 495, 472 Psittacus grandis, KuWs Consp. p. 38, No. 50. 

 Lath. Ind.-Orn. i. p. 116, sp. 112, var. B Psittacus jan- 



thin us, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 90, sp. 24 Peroquet grand 



Lori, (male), Le Vaillant^ Tab. 126. Lori dela nouvelle 

 Guinee, Buff. PI. Enl. 683 Grand Lory, Lath. Syn. i. 

 p. 275, sp. 81 ; Shaw's Zoo/. viii. p. 533, pi. 80. 



THIS elegant species, which exceeds the Amazons 

 Parrot in size, is a native of the Moluccas and New 

 Guinea. In appearance, and the colour of its plu- 

 mage, it approaches the larger lories, a resemblance 

 also indicated by the name given to it by Latham 

 and others. The bill is black, with the culmen of 

 the upper mandible rounded ; the nostrils placed at 

 the base of the bill, and concealed from view ; the 

 eyes yellow, and the ophthalmic region entirely cloth- 

 ed with feathers. The liead and upper neck are of a 

 rich crimson red ; the lower neck, breast, belly, and 

 upper part of the thighs, are lilac purple ; the man- 

 tle, back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and upper tail- 

 coverts, rich scarlet, with a purplish tinge. The 

 flexure of the wings, and outer webs of the quills, 

 are azure blue ; the vent and apical fascia of the tail 

 yellow. 



The next group indicated by Wagler is that of 

 Psittacodis, the principal character of distinction 



