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BLACK-CAPPED LORY. 
Le Lory des Indes Orientales. 
Le Lori a' Collier. 
Second blac^-cap Lory. 
Purple-capped Lory. 
PsiTTACUS DOMICILLA. 
Lin. Syst. i. p. 145. 
Bris. Orn. iv. p. 2 2 2. 
Buff. Ois. vi. p . A 3 0 . 
Edit), iv. p. 17 1. 
Lath . i. p . 27 1. 
Mr. Latham says, this genus ofparrots consistsof infinite varities, which 
seem to run so much into each other, as to induce one to think many of 
them related, though brought from different parts of the world. This as- 
sertion, however, must be received with no small hesitation; for as they are 
considered as articles of traffic by the natives of the tropical regions, they 
are perpetually carried from one continent to the other for sale. 
The name of Lory has been applied to this family in the East Indies, 
from its cry resembling the word lory. They are likewise distinguished 
from the rest by their plumage, which is chiefly red, of different shades; 
their bill is also smaller, not so much hooked., but sharper than the parrots. 
This species inhabits only the Moluccas, and New Guinea; and if they 
have been met with elsewhere, as it is known they have not the powei of 
flying to a great distance, it is impossible they should ever have migrated 
from one continent to the other. 
They are very brisk and lively birds, more active than any othei panot, 
they are gentle and familiar, and are taught, with great facility , to whistle 
and articulate very distinctly. It is astonishing how soon they can repeat 
what they hear. 
The Count de Buffon supposes that the female wants the yellow crescent 
on the breast : I rather conjecture his specimen must have been a young 
bird, before the plumage was perfect, as the bird in Lady Dude's collec- 
tion, from which this drawing was made, corresponds exactly with one 
now in thepossession of Lady James, which her Ladyship did me the honour 
of informing me, had laid an egg since her Ladyship had it in her aviary. 
