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SCALY LORY. 



Psittacus squameus. P. coccineus, nigricante undulatus, alis sub- 



nigris coccinea variis, caiidafusco-ruhente, 

 Crimson Lory, with blackish undulations, blackish wings varied 



with crimson, and brownish-red tail. 

 Loris rouge et violet. Buff, ois. 

 Loris de Gueby. PL Enl. 684. et var. ? 5 1 9. 

 Le Lori ecaille ? Levaiil. pL 51. , ' . 



Vf ruber? & Moluccensis? Lath, ind. orn, 

 Molucca Lory? Lath, syn. 



Length nine or ten inches : colour bright crim- 

 son or carmine; the plumage of the back of the 

 head, neck, breast, and belly beautifully undulated 

 or scalloped with violet-colour: wings and sca- 

 pulars blackish-violet, the wings barred and scal- 

 loped with crimson : tail dull or brownish-crimson, 

 of moderate length, and moderately cuneated : bill 

 red : legs dusky. Native of Gueby and the rest of 

 the Moluccas. The Lori ecaille of Monsr. Le- 

 yaillant seems to be the same species, differing 

 merely in cast of colour, the crimson being rather 

 deeper, and the wings rather dusky-olive than 

 violet, but varied in a similar manner. The Lori 

 de la Chine of the PI. Enl. No. 519. differs in hav- 

 ing the plumage plain crimson, without undu- 

 lations, and the tips alone of the larger and smaller 

 quill-feathers violet or blackish. 



