COLLARED LORY. 



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numbers to the Cape of Good Hope. During his 

 residence at t)ie Cape Monsr. Levaillant dissected 

 several of these birds, and carefully ascertained 

 their sexual difference as above described. He 

 adds, that it is to this species in particular that the 

 name Zory, applied to this tribe of Parrots, be*- 

 longs; the bird pronouncing that word with ex- 

 treme distinctness* 



COLLARED LORY. 



Psittacus Domicella. P. coccineus, alis viridihus^ pileo atroviold* 



ceo, fascia pectoralijtam. 

 Scarlet Lory, with green wings> violet-black crown, and yellow 



pectoral bar. 



Psittacus Domicella. P, hrachyuriis ruber, pileo molaceo, alis viri- 

 dibus, humeris genibusque cceruleis, orbitis fuscis, Liii. Si/st. Nat, 

 Second Black-Cap Lory. Edw.pl. 

 Lory a Collier. Bvff. ois. 

 Lory des Indes Orientales. PL Enl. II9. 84* 

 Perroquet Lori a colfier jaune. LevailL pi. g5i 

 Purple-Capped Lory. Lath, syn* 



Size of a Dove-House Pigeon: colour scarlet; 

 the wings grass-green, with the ridge of the 

 shoulders blue, and the quill-feathers somewhat 

 dusky towards the tips : across the breast a mo- 

 derately broad yellow bar, often more or less 

 waved or intermixed with red: thighs violet^ 

 blue : crown of the head violet-black ; bill yellow 

 or reddish : legs and feet dusky : under coverts of 

 the wings violet-blue^ the insides of the quill- 

 feathers yellow with dusky tips: the under sur- 



Y. vin. p. IL S5 



