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CORIPHILUS. 



BLUE LORIES. 



Coriphilus, Wagl. Monog. Psitt. p. 494 (1832). 



Type of the genus : C. taitianus. 



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

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

 than that of a turtle-dove ; feathers of the crown long and shaft-streaked ; general colour blue ; no 

 red or green in the plumage. 



Range. Society and Marquesas Islands. 



To anyone who has carefully studied the five preceding genera, the species of which are so 

 generally adorned with vivid reds and greens, the aspect of the Blue Lories, when he first 

 conies upon them, is singularly refreshing. The hahitat of this genus is interesting, as it 

 constitutes the extreme eastern limit of the range of the Lories, no species of any other 

 genus of the whole family having yet been found in either the Society or Marquesas Islands. 



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