128 PARROT. 



30— INDIAN LORY. 



Psittacus coccineus, Ind. Orn. i. 89. Nat. Misc. pi. 737. 



Psittaca indica coccinea, Bris. iv. 376. f. 25. Id. 8vo. ii. 145. Gm. Lin. i. 318. 



Lori Perruche violet and rouge, BvJ'. vi. 138. No. 2. Levail. Perr. pi. 55. 



Perruche des Indes orientales, PI. enl. 143. 



Indian Lory, Gen. Syn. i. 217. Shaw's Zool. viii. 461. pi. CS. 



LENGTH ten inches and three quarters. Bill reddish; forehead, 

 hind part of it and sides, the chin and throat scarlet ; top of the head 

 and hind part of the neck and breast violet blue ; on each side of the 

 neck a stripe of the same, joining the crown and neck behind ; fore 

 part of the neck pale red, varied with brown and violet ; upper part 

 of the back and scapulars brown, varied with red ; lower part of the 

 back, rump, and upper tail coverts full red ; belly, sides, and thighs 

 red, brown, and blue mixed ; wing coverts varied with red and brown, 

 the first quills yellowish brown; within red ; the others red on both 

 sides, the ends of all pale brown ; tail cuneiform ; the two middle 

 leathers violet brown ; side ones the same, but crimson within ; legs 

 brown. 



This is Brisson's description ; who says, it inhabits Amboina. — 

 The account of BufFon is short, saying the length is ten inches ; 

 general colour red, mixed with violet blue ; sides, stomach, top of 

 the head, the back, and tail violet blue; greater quills yellow ; the 

 rest of the plumage fine red ; wing feathers margined with black. 

 Tins description nearly coincides with the figure in the planches 

 enluminees, in which the thighs also are red. 



A. — Length from ten to eleven inches. Bill pale, round the base 

 blackish ; the predominant colour of the head, neck, breast, and 

 upper parts of the body scarlet ; across the crown to the eyes blue, 

 at which place is a deep band of that colour ; the lower part of the 



