TRICHOGLOSSUS Swainsoni. 

 Swainson's, or Blnc-hcUicd Lory. 



Family Psittacidae. Sub-family Psittacinae. Genus Lorius. Stcains. 



Sub-Generic Character. 

 Bill obsoletely notched ; Tail lengthened, cuneated, narrowed 



from the base, the two middle tail feathers conspicuously 



longest. l\ob. 



Type Lorius. (Trichoglossus.) Swainsoni. J. and S. 



Specific Character. 



Green: head, middle of the body and bands on the sides, azure-blue,; 

 throat, breast, and flanks, orange-crimson, 



Trichoglossus Swainsoni. Jardiue and Selby. III. of Orn. pi. Hi. 

 Blue bellied Parrakeet. Brown's III. pi. 7, White's Voyage, pi. 



4. p. 140. 

 Le Perruche a tete bleue, male. Le Vaill. Berr. 1. pi. 24. fig. 



pulcherima. 

 Perruche des Moluques. Buffon, Pi. Enl. No. 743 ? 

 Triehoglossus hsematodus. Lin. Tr. 15. p. 289. omitting Syn. 



Large flocks of these resplendent Lorys enliven the woods 

 of New Holland, clinging- to the Eucalypti trees, and 

 sucking' the honey from the blossoms by their brush- 

 shaped tongue. Mr. Caley, whose notes we now follow, 

 says it a bird remarkable for docility and attachment 

 to some people, although a perfect scold to others. When 

 young they are caught by the natives, but from the loss 

 of their favourite food seldom survive in confinement. 

 An individual, kept by Mr. Caley, on being shewn the 

 coloured drawing of a native plant, tried to suck the 

 flowers, and it even made the same attempt with a piece 

 of cotton furniture. Its scientific history Ave have 

 already given elsewere. 



We have received more than usual pleasure at seeing 

 our name affixed to this charming bird, and in clearing up 

 its history. (III. of Orn. vol. 3. p. Hi. J As a child we well 

 remember our unwearied delight at seeing its figure in 

 White's Voyage. As a collector we have preserved a 

 series of nearly twenty specimens, and as a naturalist 

 our name is no longer excluded from the Ornithological 

 Nomenclature of New Holland. It is indeed somewhat 

 curious, that while we were giving information to one 

 of the writers in the Lin. Trans, upon the subjects of 

 his paper, he should have studiously witheld from us the 

 only public acknowledgement, for such assistance, it was 

 in his power to make. 



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