PARROT. 



273 



y/ittacus Lory, Lin. Syft. i. p. 14;. N° 27. 

 Le Lory des Philippines. Brif. orn. iv. p. 225. 

 Le Lori tricolor, Buf. oif. vi. p. 132. 

 Lory des Philippines, PL enl. 168. 

 Firft black-cap Lory, Edw. iv. t. 170. 



Lev. Muf. 



N° 16. t. 23. f. 2. 



T ENGTH ten inches and three quarters. 



and round the eyes afh-coloured: irides fine orange: 



Bill orange : cere 

 whole 



crown of the head black, with a blue cart : neck and body fcar- 

 -let, except a patch of blue between the neck and back, and ano- 

 ther on the lower part of the breaft, mixing among the red fea- 

 thers : wing coverts gfeen above: quills for the molt part green, 

 but fome of them edged with yellow: lower part of the thighs, 

 the vent, and under tail coverts, blue : the two middle feathers 

 of the tail half red, half green ; the fide ones red half way, then 

 green, with the outer edge violet : legs blackifh. 



Said to come from the Philippine IJlands. Mr. Sonnerat found 

 it at the Ifle of Yolo *, which molt probably is it's natural abode. 

 This fpecies is exceedingly familiar, playing with, and running 

 after thofe who keep it. It is much to be regretted, that its du- 

 ration of life proves fo ftiort in thefe colder regions. 



78, 



BLACK- 

 CAPPED' 

 LORY. 



Description. 



Place. 



Le Lory d'Amboine, Brif. orn. iv. p. 231. 

 Le Lori Cramoifi, Buf. oif. vi. p. 133. 

 Lory d'Amboine, PL enl. 518. 

 Elue-breafted Parrot. Brown's llluft. t. 6. 



79- 



CRIMSON 



LORY. 



T ENGTH eleven inches and a half; and in fize fomewhat Description, 





bigger than the reft of the Lories. The bill is dull red : 



• Mem. The Spaniards call this ifland one of the Philippines, but the Dutch 

 rank it among the Moluccas. 



N n cere 



