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" D'un rouge marron (teinte inusitee et peut-etre unique parmi les Perroquets) a reflets 

 cuivres ; plus sombre sur la tete, et ondulee sur les parties inferieures de lunules noiratres, 

 qui colorent le milieu et le bout de cbaque plume ; les grandes pennes des ailes et de la 

 queue verdatres ; celles-ci passent par degres au jaune vers la pointe." 



Its colour is very dark red witb a brownish, sometimes with a sligbt purplish., tinge. 

 The feathers of the breast, abdomen, and back have purple-black edges, which give the 

 appearance of interrupted successive transverse bands of black. The head is darker than 

 the body. The wings are dark red, but the quills are dark olive above, dusky black beneath. 

 The tail is olive-coloured above, brighter towards the point ; it is greenish yellow beneath. 

 The lower tail-coverts are reddish or terra-cotta. The bill is reddish yellow and the feet are 

 blackish. The iris is red. Total length 9 - 50 inches, wing 5'40, tail 4, bill - 80, tarsus 0"61. 



It is interesting to note that the habitat of this strange and very exceptional species of 

 Eos forms the northern limit to which that genus extends ; and not only is this the case, 

 but it is actually the most northern of the whole of the Loriidce. The Cherry-red Lory is 

 also separated from all its congeners by a very wide stretch of ocean. 



