F A." R R. O T. 



infide near the bafe reddifh ; the outer edge near the ends 

 blue. 



This is a moft beautiful bird, and is faid to have come from the 

 Eaft Indies. 



The three laft feem to bear great affinity to three mentioned by 

 Pernetty*, but his defcription of them is too imperfect to be 

 relied on. 



121 



Place.' 



Lori noir de la Nouvelle Guinee, Son. Voy. p. 175. t. 11 1. 



— ■ n Forr eft's Voy. to Neiu Guinea, p. 133. 



CIZE of the common Parrakeet. Bill blackifh:. eye in a bare 

 brown fkin : iris compofed of two circles j the greater one 

 blue, and the leffer red brown : the plumage black, with a tinge 

 of blue, which has at once both a metalline glofs, as well as the 

 foftnefs of velvet : the tail is cuneiform, but rtot in a great de-^ 

 gree, but is long;, it is black above, and of a. dull red beneath : 

 legs blackifh. 



Inhabits New Guinea.. 



BLACK LORY. 



Description. 



PiLACE. 



Efittacus ornatus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 143. N° 19. 24. 



La Perruche varie'e des Indes, Brif. orn. iv. p. 366. N°73». PADRAKKPT 



La Perruche Lori, Buf.oif. vi. p. 145; 



Perruche variee des Indes orientales, PI. enl, 5 J2. 



Lory Parrakeet, Edw.iv. t. 174. 



'T^HE length of this beautiful fpecies is eight' inches.. The Description. 



■*■ bill of a pale orange : cere browniih : eyes placed in a bare 

 afh-coloured fkin: iris orange red : the upper part of the head is 



* Roy, aux Malouinu , vol. i, p. 177. 



of: 



