220 VERTEBRATA. 
THE LORIAN^ OR LORIES. 
The Ceram Lory, P, garrulus, is ten or eleven inches long ; variable in color, though gener- 
ally scarlet, with patches of green and yellow, is 
most common ; a native of the Moluccas ; very 
docile and teachable. 
The Purple-capped Lory, P. domicella^ ten 
and a half inches long ; prevailing color red ; a 
very docile, affectionate, and loquacious species ; 
it talks in a hollow, ventriloquial tone, whistles 
tunes it has heard, and delights in being caressed; 
a rare and costly species; native of the Moluccas 
and New Guinea. 
The Black-capped Lory, P. Lory^ ten and 
three-quarter inches long ; prevailing color scar- 
let, with black, blue, and yellow ; is docile and 
affectionate, like the preceding ; a native of the 
Philippines. 
THE PARRAKEETS. 
The Alexandrine Parrakeet, Palceornis Al- 
exandri of Vigors, may be taken as an example 
of the long-tailed parrakeets ; its length is eight- 
een to twenty inches; general color emerald- 
green ; tail long and graduated, the two middle 
feathers greatly exceeding the others in length ; 
the form, attitudes, and movements elegant ; it 
is a native of India and Ceylon ; is very noisy, and may be taught to speak with tolerable dis- 
tinctness. This species was brought from the East by Alexander, in his famous expedition. 
THE ALEXANBSINE PAERAKEET. 
The Rose-ringed Parrakeet, P. Manillensis — Palceornis torquatus of some authors— is fifteen 
inches long ; plumage green, verging on yellow below ; the feathers remarkable for the softness 
of their colors and silkiness of their texture ; very beautiful, but rarely learns to speak ; found in 
the Philippine Islands. 
The Red-crescented Parrakeet, Paleornis lunatus, eleven and a half inches long ; upper part 
green, each feather having a black shaft ; lower parts green ; breast tinged with red. It is a 
lively species, and learns to speak very distinctly. 
The Long-tailed Green Parrakeet, P. rufirostris, twelve inches long; prevailing color yel- 
THE PDRPLE-CAPPED LORT. 
