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VINI. 



THE NOTCHED-WINGED LORIES. 

 Vini, Less. Illust. de Zool. pi. xxviii. (1831). 



Type of the genus : V. kuhli. 



Generic characters. — Tail-feathers twelve ; point of maxilla long but not thin ; tail-feathers rather broad 

 and more or less rounded at the tip, two middle feathers longer than the lateral ones; size smaller than 

 that of a turtle-dove ; feathers of the crown long and shaft-streaked ; the first three or four primaries 

 notched at the tip; general colour green. (Cf. Salvadori, Brit. Mus. Cat. /. c.) 



Range. Samoa, Friendly, and Fanning Islands. 



The genus consists of but two species, both small and exceedingly attractive Lories. Their 

 range is very peculiar, no species of any other genus having yet been found in those islands 

 which form the home of the genus Vini. 



