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CRIMSON LORY. 



Psittacus paniceus. P. coccineus, subtus violaceus, rcctricibus sa* 

 turate coccineis apice ruhescentibus. Lath. ind. orn. 



Crimson Lory, violet beneath, with deep crimson tail pale red at 

 the tip. 



Le Loris cramoisi. Buff. ois. Lori d'Amboine. PL Enl. 518. 

 JBiue-breasted Parrot. Brown, lllustr.pl, 6. 



Length eleven inches and a half: colour deep 

 crimson, brightest on the head and breast: edge 

 of the shoulders violet: greater quill-feathers vio- 

 let-blue: tail long, yet but very slightly cuneated: 

 bill reddish; legs brown. Native of the Mo- 

 luccas. 



VARIEGATED LORY. 



Psittacus variegatus. P. macr, coccineus, dorso anteriore corpO' 

 reque subtus purpureo-ccerukis, remigibus intus Jiavis, cauda viridL 

 Lath. ind. orn. 



Crimson Lory, with the fore-part of the back, and the body be- 

 neath violet-blue, the quill-feathers yellow within, and the tail 

 ^reen. 



This bird was preserved in the Leverian Mu- 

 seum, and was rather smaller than the Bornean or 

 Scarlet Lory; its length was near eleven inches, 

 and its general colour deep scarlet, but the lower 

 or back part of the neck, upper part of the back, 



