268 A HAND-BOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 



(185) THE BLACK-CAPPED LORY. 

 (LOEIUS LOEI— (Zwin.) ) 



Description. — Forehead, crown, and occiput black; sides of * the 

 head, throat, and breast carmine red ; the back of the neck and the 

 shoulders violet blue ; the lower back, the rump, and the upper 

 tail coverts carmine red ; wings green, the feathers being tipped 

 black (in very healthy specimens the green of the wings has a 

 metallic lustre) ; the tail red afc its upper half, but violet towards the 

 end ; the lower breast, abdomen and under tail coverts violet blue, 

 extending on each side upwards and outwards to meet the same colour 

 at the shoulder ; the under surface of the tail yellowish brown ; beak 

 orange red. Specimens obtained at different times have been found to 

 vary somewhat in colour and size, especially in the former. 



Hab. — New Guinea and the adjacent islands. 



Length of life in captivity. 



This species has generally been short-lived in this garden, none 

 having ever survived more than four years. 



(186) THE CHATTEBING LOEY. 

 (LOEIUS GAEEULUS-(Zmw.) ) 



Description. — The general colour of the plumage red ; wings olive 

 green ; the lower ends of the quills black ; an irregular patch of light 

 yellowish olive on the back ; the lower ends of the tail feathers greenish 

 black; thigh greenish blue ; bill ivory white; total length 9 J to 10 

 inches. 



Hab. — The Moluccas. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 No specimen is known to have lived more than two years. 



(187) THE BED LOEY. 

 (LOEIUS EUBEA-(£weZ.) ) 



Description.— The general colour of the plumage scarlet red; the 

 lower tail coverts and the shoulders blue. 

 Hab. — Amboyna. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 No record. 



