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does not seem to be exceptionally talkative or noisy, though the Rev. P. G. Dutton says it 

 is noisier than L. lory. He also affirms that he never personally met with one that could 

 talk, while, at least according to Mr. Greene, it is not more loquacious than the rest. The 

 former gentleman never knew a really tame individual which would allow itself to be handled, 

 adding that it is a fearless bird. He never saw it eat seed, but only moist food, which gave 

 it a soiled and dirty appearance. 



It is almost entirely of a bright red colour (save the wings and end of the tail), wherefore 

 Edwards named it " The Scarlet Lory." The interscapular region has generally, however, a 

 few yellow spots, but sometimes none at all. The whole head and neck, the breast, abdomen, 

 and upper and under tail-coverts are bright red. The tibiae are dark green. The wings are 

 green, with an olive tinge on the upper wing-coverts ; tbe bend of the wing and the under 

 wing-coverts are yellow. The bases of the inner webs of the primaries are red. The tail is 

 red above at its basal half, its apical half being dark purple tinged with green ; beneath it 

 is golden red. 



The bill is red, the feet are dusky, and the iris is more or less dark yellow ; skin round 

 the eyes and the cere purplish black. 



Total length 12 inches, wing 7'2, tail 4-5, bill T05, tarsus - 8. 



Of the skins in the British Museum, one (73.5.12.1477) has a decided yellow patch 

 on the middle of the mantle. 



A specimen of this species is now living in the Zoological Society's Gardens. 



