RAJA LOUT* 



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t)lumage for about half its length, the remainder 

 blue, but the two middle tail-feathers greenish, 

 and in some specimens the whole colour of this 

 part may rather be termed green than blue. Na- 

 tive of the Molucca isles. 



The celebrated Monsr. Levaillant seems to en- 

 tertain a doubt whether this bird be really distinct^ 

 as a species, from the Collared Lory, its general 

 proportions being the same, and the flights of* 

 both kinds being observed to associate in their 

 native regions. 



RAJA LOJRY. 



Psittaciis Raja. F. coccineus, alisy macula vertically fascia pectO' 



raliffemoribusque luteis. 

 Scarlet Lory, with gold-yellow wings, crown-spot, pectoral bar, 



and thighs. 

 Lory Hhadia. LevailL pi. g4. 



Habit and size of Psittacus Domicella or Col- 

 lared Lory, of which it is not improbable that it 

 may be a variety. It is most elegantly figured in 

 Monsr. Levaillant's work, and must be allowed to 

 surpass in beauty most of the Lory tribe. Its 

 colour is a vivid scarlet, with the wings entirely 

 gold-yellow: on the top of the head is a broad 

 spot of the same colour, and across the breast a 

 broad bar: the thighs are also yellow: the bill 

 pale or yellowish white, and the legs blackish. 

 This bird is called Rhadia in the Moluccas, and 

 is very rare in European collections, and even in 



