PARROT. 127 



before the thighs yellow ; rump and vent blue ; upper and under tail 

 coverts crimson ; tail cuneiform, green ; the feathers sharp pointed, 

 the ends, for two inches, yellowish ; legs lead colour. 



29.— LONG-TAILED SCARLET LORY. 



Psittacus borneus, Ind. Orn. i. 89. Lin. i. 141; Gm. Lin. i. 318. 



Psitt. coccin. bon. fortun. Iosulse, Bris. iv. 373. Id. 8vo. ii. 144. 



Le Lori Perruche rouge, Buf. vi. 137. 



Perruche ecarlate, Leoail. Perr. i. 89. pi. 44. 



Bornean Lory, Shaw's Zool. viii. 460. pi. 67. 



Long-tailed scarlet Lory, Gen. St/n. i. 216. Edw. pi. 173. 



LENGTH eight inches and a half ; breadth thirteen inches and 

 three quarters. Bill orange-coloured ; eye in a bare skin ; plumage 

 in general fine scarlet ; except the inner bend of the wing, which is 

 green ; the greater coverts tipped with green, forming a bar on the 

 wing; some of the wing feathers tipped with blue, the others with 

 green ; the tips of all the tail feathers green, and the two outer ones 

 wholly of that colour above, beneath dull red; in shape it is cuneiform; 

 the two middle feathers longer by one inch and a half than the outer 

 ones ; the under tail coverts are dull red, fringed with blue. In some 

 specimens the neck and breast have a slight mixture of yellow ; legs 

 yellow ; but in some individuals black. 



Inhabits the East Indies, particularly Borneo. — In one lately met 

 with, the tail was considerable elongated, so as to make the length of 

 the bird at least eleven inches. 



