PSITTACID^. 



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Psittacus clilorolepidotus. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. {Kuhl.) 

 V. x.p. 48. 



Inhabits New Holland. The size and form of 

 Tr. concinnus : the back, breast, and upper belly 

 yellow, with green scales : wings green, with their 

 lower coverts and base of the inner web of the quills 

 red : tail green above, reddish-yellow beneath : beak 

 red : tarsi short, thick. 



GENUS CCXVIII.—LORIUS, Vigors. LORY. 



Rostrum subattenuatum : 

 mandibula superior vald^ 

 arcuata, compressa ; in- 

 ferior elongata fere In- 

 tegra. 



Lingua setosa, tubulosa \ 



Aloe mediocres ; remige ter- 

 tia ? longissima, secunda et 

 prima gradatim paulo bre- 

 vioribus, secundae, tertiee, 

 et quartas pogoniis externis 

 in medio gradatim latiori- 

 bus. 



Vedes mediocres. 



Cauda subbrevis, subgra- 

 data, fere rotundata. 



Beak rather attenuated : the 

 upper mandible much 

 arched, compressed ; the 

 lower lengthened, nearly 

 entire. 



Tongue bristly, tubular ? 



Wings moderate: the third 

 quill\onge^t, the secondand 

 first gradually shorter, the 

 second, third, and fourth 

 with their outer webs gra- 

 dually wider in the middle. 



Legs moderate. 

 Tail rather short, a little gra- 

 dated, nearly rounded. 



Lories have generally the ground-colour of their 

 plumage of various shades of red : they all inhabit 

 the East Indies. 



Sp. 1 . Lo. grandis. 



Psittacus grandis. ShaxiOy v. viii. p. 533. pi. 80. 

 puniceus. Shavo, v, viii. p. 464. — Moluccas. 



-Psittacus 



