BLACK-CAPPED LORY. 
vert feathers on the insides of the wings, 
which are red with a slight admixture of 
yellow. 
Buffon denominates this bird the Tricolor 
Lory ; an epithet which he has been induced to 
give it, from the fine red, azure, and green, 
which are disposed in large spots on the plu- 
mage. The bird is nearly ten inches long ; and 
few, he thinks, are so beautiful, as well from 
the brilliancy of the colours as their elegant 
contrast. 
Edwards, who saw it alive, says that it 
whistled pleasantly, and pronounced several 
words distinctly ; and, leaping briskly on it's 
roost, or even the finger, it called with a clear 
voice — " Lory! Lory!" It played with the 
hand ; and ran after any one, hopping like a 
sparrow. This charming bird, however, lived 
but a few months in England. 
The Lory is considere ^ by naturalists in 
general, as conneCling the chain of Parrots, 
from the Maccaw, the largest of the tribe, to 
the Parror|UCt, which is the smallest ; but to 
this 
