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170.—COCHIN-CHINA LORY. 



Psittacus Cochinsiuensis, Trial Orn. i. 116. 



Cochin-China Parrot, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 65. Shaw's Zool. viii. 532. 



BILL yellow ; crown of the head, part of the neck, breast, back, 

 thighs, and vent, fine mazarine bine ; nape scarlet, bounded below 

 with blue ; forehead, chin, throat, breast, middle of the belly, and 

 wing coverts scarlet ; across the last a bar of black ; the rest of the 

 wing and tail black ; legs black. 



Inhabits Cochin-China. — Lady Impey. 



171— YELLOW-BREASTED LORY. 



Psittacus Guineensis, Ind. Orn. i. 116. Gm. Lin. i. 336. Miller. III. t.29. 

 Yellow-breasted Lory, Gen. Syn. i. 276. Shaw's Zool. viii. 541. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill black; cere white; throat, and round 

 the eye the same; above the eye a patch of yellow; the rest of 

 the head and neck crimson ; breast yellow ; under the wings, belly, 

 thighs, vent, and under the tail white ; tip of the last red ; legs 

 dusky. 



Inhabits Guinea. The back and upper part of the tail could not 

 be seen in the print from which the above was taken, being the only 

 voucher for our description of the bird. 



