PARROT. 229 



are of the same colour ; under wing coverts scarlet ; on the rump 

 several violet blue spots ; in other things it resembles the first 

 described. 



167.— CRIMSON LORY. 



Psittacus puniceus, Ind. Orn. i. 115. Gm. Lin. i. 335. 

 Lorius Amboinensis, Bris. iv. 231. Id. 8vo. ii. 107, 

 Lori cramoisi d'Amboine, Buf. vi. 133. PI. enl. 518. 

 Blue-breasted Parrot, Brown. III. pi. 6. 

 Crimson Lory, Gen. Syn. i. 273. Shaw's Zool. viii. 464. 



LENGTH eleven inches ; somewhat bigger than the other Lories. 

 Bill dull red ; cere and orbits blackish ; irides orange ; plumage in 

 general dull crimson; breast, belly, sides, thighs, under tail, and 

 lesser under wing coverts deep violet ; greater under wing coverts 

 blackish brown ; prime quills dull red within, and beneath blackish 

 brown ; tail even at the end, deep scarlet, tipped with pale dirty red ; 

 legs brown. 



Inhabits Amboina, and other Molucca Islands ; it sometimes 

 varies in having the bill black, and the end of the tail orange yellow. 



168— RED LORY. 



Psittacus Moluccensis, Ind. Orn. \. 116. G?n. Lin.i. 335.101.(3". 

 Molucca Lory, Gen. Syn. i. 274. 80. A. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill red; cere and orbits bluish ; plumage 

 in general deep red ; scapulars, lower belly, and vent, glossy light 

 blue, as are also two or three of the feathers of the thighs; greater 

 wing coverts blue at the ends ; quills red, but the secondaries have 



