180 ORANGE-WINGED LORIKEET. 



same vessel which conveyed hither the late unfortu- 

 nate King and Queen of these Islands. As any in- 

 formation tending to elucidate the hahits and man- 

 ners of species cannot fail to be equally interesting 

 to the naturalist and the general reader, we make no 

 apology for quoting largely from the account given 

 by Mr Vigors of these two lovely birds. " In their 

 manners," he observes, "they are peculiarly interest- 

 ing. Strongly attached to each other, like the indi- 

 viduals of the small species, so well known in our 

 collections, and which we familiarly style Love Birds, 

 they assert an equal claim to that title, if it is to be 

 considered the reward, or the distinctive sign of af- 

 fection. They will not admit of being separated 

 even for a moment; and, whether in their cage or at 

 liberty, every act and every movement of one has a 

 reference to the acts and movements of the other. 

 They are lively, active, and familiar, distinguishing 

 and following those who attend to them, with per- 

 fect confidence, but always in concert." Their 

 movements, he adds, are less constrained than those 

 of Parrots in general, approaching, both on the 

 ground and the wing, to the quick pace and short 

 and rapid flight of the more typical perchers. They 

 have apparently less powers of voice than the greater 

 part of the family, uttering only a sort of chirrup 

 like that of the sparrow ; this is shrill, it must be 

 confessed, at times when rivalship or any particular 

 incitement induce!* them to exert it to the utmost : 

 but at other times it is far from unpleasing, more 



