Ka-Kas and Lories. 107 



Red Lory (Eos rtibra). 



The beak of the male is distinctly broader at the base than in 

 the female, and the scarlet colouring of the head is brighter. 



Violet-necked Lory (Eos riciniata). 



In the male the base of the beak is broader than in the female, 

 and the culmen or ridge makes a more perfect arch. 



Three-coloured Lory (Lorius lory). 



The skull of the male appears to be broader than that of the 

 female ; the beak is noticeably broader, but appears to vary greatly 

 with age, the largest birds having by far the broadest beaks. 



Purple-capped Lory (Lorius domicella). 



I could discover no sexed female ; but doubtless the beak of the 

 male is broader at base. 



Green-tailed Lory (Lorius chlorocercus). 



The male beak is broader at the base and rather fuller towards 

 the tip than that of the female. 



Blue-thighed Lory (Lorius tibialis). 



I found only one skin in the Museum, but doubtless the sexes 

 differ as in the allied species. 



Chattering Lory (Lorius garrulus). 



I found three sexed males but no sexed females, but it is probable 

 that the beak of the male is broader at base than that of the female. 



Yellow-backed Lory (Lorius flavo-palliatus). 



The base of the beak is broader in the male, and the arch of the 

 culmen greater. 



At the commencement of his account of the Lorikeets (Parrakeets, 

 p. 3), Mr Seth-Smith observes : " The sexes are, so far as I am aware, 

 alike in plumage in all of the Lories, but, in most cases at least, the 

 females are slightly less in size than the males, and possess a smaller 

 and more effeminate-looking head." 



Blue-paced Lorikeet (Trichoglossus hcematodes). 



I could discover no skins in the Museum series sexed as males ; 

 but two sexed as females show remarkable differences in the outline 

 of the beak, and although it is possible that they may be due to age, 

 they are exactly what one would expect in opposite sexes. It is, 

 I think, worthy of note that the brighter-coloured bird, in which, 

 like the other unsexed specimens, the breast is strongly tinged with 

 orange, shows a beak of the male type as they also do, whereas the 

 other, which possesses a beak of the female type, shows hardly a 

 trace of this colouring. 



