THE BLUE TIPPED LORY. 



PSITTACUS CjESULEATUS, —^•LE.YAIL.IjA'ST. 



PLATE 10. 



Levaillant considers this most elegant species 

 as new and undescribed before his time. It is the 

 size of a small domestic Pigeon, and is a native of 

 the Molucca Islands. This bird is figured by 

 Levaillant in his ninety-third plate of Parrots. 



The whole of the upper and under parts of this 

 Parrot are of a deep, rich, and shining crimson ; the 

 scapulars are tipped with blue ; the coverts and 

 secondary quills with black ; the tail is short, 

 slightly graduated, and of a rich chocolate brown, 

 changing to a bluish tinge by the play of light ; the 

 legs and feet are black, there are usually tv, o spots 

 of deep blue ; the bill is of a cinnamon colour. 



