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BORNEAN LOllY. 



Psittacus Borneus. P. macrourus ruber, remigibus rectricibusque 

 apice viridibus, alts macula cceruka, orbitis fuscis, Lin. Syst, 

 Nat, 



Red Lory, with the quill and tail-feathers tipped with green ; a 



blue spot on the wings, and dusky orbits. 

 Long-tailed Scarlet Lory. Edw.pLiys. Lath. 

 La Perruche ecarlate. Levaill. pi. 44. 



It has been usual among collectors of birds to 

 call such of the middle-sized Parrots and Parra- 

 keets as have a red ground-colour by the name of 

 Lories. It must be observed however that this is 

 by no means a scientific, but merely a popular 

 distinction. It should also be added, that species 

 of this denomination rank in either division of the 

 genus according to the different proportion and 

 shape of the tail, which in some is lengthened and 

 cuneated, and in others short and even. The pre- 

 sent beautiful species is from nine or ten to 

 twelve inches in length, and is of a bright, but 

 rather light scarlet colour, deeper or purplish on 

 the back and tail, and somewhat inclining to yel- 

 low on the breast: the tips of the larger wing- 

 coverts, as well as those of the shorter, and some- 

 times of the longer quill-feathers, together with 

 those of the tail, are green : the scapulars fine pale 

 blue : the tail is moderately cuneated, the orbits ol 

 the eyes bare and dusky; the bill pale orange, and 

 the legs brown. Native of the island of Borneo, 

 where it is not uncommon. 



