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PARROT. 



feathers fomewhat longer than the reft : the general colour of the 

 plumage fcarlet : on the middle of the back, between the wings, 

 a fmall yellow fpot: between this and the rump blue, with a 

 mixture of green: fides of the body and thighs yellow: wings 

 green : quills dufky. 



17. 

 Var. C. 



'"T^HE other wants the blue black on the hind head : the mid- 

 dle of the belly is green : and the yellow on the fides comes 

 fo forward on the breaft as almoft to form a crelcent on that 

 part : wings and tail the fame as in the other. The colour of the 

 back could not be decided, as the bird was clofed in a glafs cafe^ 

 and. the wings wholly, covered that part. 



18. rpfittacus Borneus, Lin. Syfl. i. p. 141. N° 1 1. 



L0 SC^"RLET ED La Perruche rou S e de Borneo > B "f- <""*• iv - P- 373- N ° 77- 



LORY, ^e ^ 0T1 P erruc ' le rou g e > N° 1. Buf. oif. vi. p. 137. 



Long-tailed fcarlet Lory, Ediu. t. 173. 



Description. IN length eight inches and a half. Bill orange-coloured: eye 

 in a bare dufky fkin : colour all over of a fine fcarlet, except 

 the top of the Aving, which is green : fome of the wing feathers 

 are tipped with blue, and others with green : the tips of all the 

 tail feathers are greenifh, and the two outer ones of a greenifh 

 colour: the whole length on the outfide the tail is cuneatedj 

 the two middle feathers longer by an inch and a half than the 

 outer ones : the under tail coverts are of a dull red, fringed with 

 blue : on the neck and bfeaft is a flight mixture of yellow : legs 

 dufky. 



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