228 PARROT. 



tipped with black ; bastard wing the same ; middle wing coverts fine 

 blue, forming an oblique bar on the wing; insides of the thighs 

 slightly marked with blue ; tail longish, rounded at the end, purplish 

 brown ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits the Molucca Islands ; not uncommon in the Cabinets of 

 Holland, but has not yet appeared in this kingdom, to our knowledge. 



166— BLACK-CAPPED LORY. 



Psittacus Lory, Ltd. Om. i. 115. Gm. Lin. i. 335. Bor. Nat. ii. 92. 

 Lorius Philippensis. Bris. iv. 225. Id. 8vo. ii. 105. 

 Psitt. coccin. coerul. ac virid. vertice nigro, Gerin. i. 1. 105. 

 Lori tricolor des Philippines, Bnf. vi. 131. PL enl. 168. 

 Perroquet Lori a Scapulaire bleue, Levail. pi. 123. 124. 



First Black-capped Lory, Gen. Syn.\. 273. Edui. pi. 170. Nat. Misc. pi. 633. Shaw's 

 Zool. viii. 534. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill orange ; cere and orbits ash- 

 coloured ; irides fine orange ; crown black, with a blue tinge ; neck, 

 greater part of the body, rump, and upper tail coverts scarlet ; 

 between the neck and back a patch of blue, and another on the 

 lower part of the breast, mixing among the red feathers; wing- 

 coverts green; quills green, some of them edged with yellow; 

 garter, vent, and under tail coverts blue ; the two middle tail feathei's 

 half red, half green, the others much the same, with the outer 

 margins violet; legs blackish. 



Said to inhabit the Philippine Islands. M. Sonnerat found it in 

 the Isle of Yolo, which most probably is its natural abode. It is a 

 familiar species, but seldom makes amends for the trouble of bringing 

 it to Europe, as it rarely survives long in the colder regions. I have 

 observed a slight variety, in which the blue on the breast is a 

 continued large space ; from beneath the nape to the back, deep 

 violet indigo, joining below with the belly, thighs, and vent, which 



