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VERTEBRATA. 



THE LORIANiE OR LORIES. 



Tlio Ckuam Loiiv, P. ;/<irn(his, is ten or eleven inches long; variable in color, though gener- 

 ally scarlet, with patches of green and yellow, is 

 most common ; a native of the Moluccas ; very 

 ilocile and teachable. 



The PuHi'LE-CAPPED LoRY, F. domicclla^ ten 

 and a half inches long; prevailing color red; a 

 very docile, affectionate, and loquacious species ; 

 it talks in a hollow, ventriloquial tone, whistles 

 tunes it has heard, and delights in being caressed; 

 a rare and costly species; native of the Moluccas 

 and New Guinea. 



The Black-capped Lory, P. Lory^ ten and 

 three-quarter inches long ; prevailing color scar- 

 let, with black, blue, and yellow ; is docile and 

 affectionate, like the preceding ; a native of the 

 Philippines. 



THE PARRAKEETS. 



The Alexandrine Parrakeet, Palceornis Al- 

 exandri of Vigors, may be taken as an example 

 of the long-tailed parrakeets ; its length is eight- 

 een to twenty inches; general color emerald- 

 green ; tail long and graduated, the two middle 

 feathers greatly exceeding the others in length ; 

 the form, attitudes, and movements elegant ; it 

 is a native of India and Ceylon ; is very noisy, and may be taught to speak with tolerable dis- 

 tinctness. This species was brought from the East by Alexander, in his famous expedition. 





THE PURPLE-CAPPED LORT. 



THE ALEXANDRINE PARRAKEET. 



The Rose-ringed Parrakeet, P. Manillensis — Palceornis torquatus of some authors — is fifteen 

 inches long; plumage green, verging on yellow below; the feathers remarkable for the softness! 

 of their colors and silkiness of their texture; very beautiful, but rarely learns to speak; found in^ 

 the Philippine Islands. i 



The Red-crescented Parrakeet, Paleornis lunatus, eleven and a half inches long ; upper part; 

 green, each feather having a black shaft ; lower parts green ; breast tinged with red. It is a 

 lively species, and learns to speak very distinctly. 



The Long-tailed Green Parrakeet, P. rujirostris, twelve inches long; prevailing color yel- 



