THE PHILIPPINE LORY. 



PSITTACUS MELANOTUS SHAW. 



PLATE 13. 



This pretty bird is a native of the Philippine 

 Islands, and is remarkable for the gentleness of its 

 manners in a state of captivity. It is somewhat 

 smaller than a Turtle Dove, usually measuring about 

 ten inches in length. 



The whole crown of the head, from the bill to the 

 bottom of the nucha, is of a deep violet black ; the 

 collum is scarlet ; the back, as far as the interscapu- 

 lum, the breast and abdomen, as far as the point of 

 the crissum, are of a deep Antwerp blue ; from the 

 interscapulum to nearly the point of the tail, a 

 fine scarlet colour, and the wings and tip of the tail 

 are green ; the second last of the secondary wing 

 feathers is of an orange yellow, and the external 

 of the majores is scarlet ; the legs and feet are black ; 

 the bill crimson ; and the cere, and circle round the 

 eye, orange yellow. This species is the Black- 

 capped Lory of Edwards, and is represented by 

 him in plate 1 70. 



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