BLTJE-FRINGED LORY. 



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-feathers and some of the larger wing-coverts fine 

 t)lue; the rest slightly edged with blue: larger 

 quill-feathers black, slightly edged with blue: tail 

 jshort in proportion, and blue .both above and be- 

 neath: vent-feathers blue: bill red; legs black or 

 dusky. Native of Borneo, where it is not un- 

 common: described from a specimen in the col- 

 lection of Mr. Raye de Breukelervaert at Am- 

 sterdam. 



BLUE-FRINGED LORY. 



Psittacus caeruleatus. P. coccineus, cauda sub-purpurea, scapula- 

 ribus apice cceruleis, tectricibus remigibusque secundariis apice 

 nigris. 



Scarlet Lory, with purplish tail, scapulars tipped with blue, co- 

 verts and secondary quills with black. Nat, Misc, 22. pL Q37. 

 Lori a franges bleues. LevailL pi. Q3. 



Described as a new species by Levaillant : size 

 nearly that of the Black-Capped Lory: colour 

 deep scarlet, with the larger quill-feathers edged, 

 and the smaller pretty deeply tipped with black; 

 as are also the feathers of the alulet or shoulder- 

 edge: middle-coverts fine blue, forming an oblique 

 bar on each wing: insides of the thighs slightly 

 marked with blue: tail very slightly lengthened, 

 and rounded at the tip, but with the feathers con- 

 siderably shortening on each side from the mid- 

 dle-feathers : the colour of the tail is purplish 

 brown : the bill yellow, and the legs and feet 

 dusky. Native of the Molucca islands, and is not 



