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pulars, breaft, and upper part of the belly, fcarlet : the neck en- 

 circled with a ring of yellow : lower part of the back, rump, and 

 lower part of the belly, white and rofe-colour mixed ; as are the 

 thighs : upper and under tail coverts red and white mixed : wing 

 coverts green, mixed with yellow : quills fine blue : lefler quills 

 yellowifh green : tail purple, with a caft of red brown : legs 

 cinereous ; claws black. 

 Place. Albin brings it from Brq/il, but Brijfon from the Eaft-Indies. 



Buffcn is of opinion, that thefe two laft are only male and fe° 

 male, and that the laft is the male. He obferves, that the female 

 wants the ring on the neck ; and that the blue on the head takes 

 up lefs fpace, and is lefs in fize j the chief difference being in the 

 want or prefence of the ring on the neck: but in this cafe Mr. 

 Albin'% bird muft be a confiderable variety at leaft, from the dif- 

 ference of colour on the lower part of the back, &c. M. de 

 Buffon too obferves, that all the Lories are brought from the 

 Moluccas, or New Guinea; who is joined in opinion by M. 

 Sonnerat * . 



Thefe birds are remarkable for their fpeaking diftinclly, as 

 well as their aptnefs to learn quickly any thing they are taught. 

 They are in general Very fcarce, and fell dear, from the difficulty 

 of bringing them over, and keeping them afterwards. 



* " Ceil improprement que les ornithologiftes ont defigne les Loris par les 

 "Norns de Lsris des Philippine, des Indes orientates, de la Chine, &c. Les oifeaux 

 de cette efpece ne fe trouvent qu'aux Moluques & a. la Nowveile Guin'ee> ceux qu'on 

 v;oit ailleurs, en ont tous ete tranfportes." Sonnerat Voy, a la Nouv. Guinee, 

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Piittacus 



