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The Scarlet Lory. 
H I S Bird is of the Bignefs of thelaft defcribed, or equal to a fmall Pigeon; 
and differs principally from the two foregoing Lories , in having the Grown of 
the Head Red, where it is Black in them. 
The Bill is of an Orange-Colour; the upper Chap hangs over the Nether, and is 
pointed as in the reft of this Genus : The Edges of the upper Mandible have a 
Wave or Bend on them, which is beft expreffed by the Figure. The Noftrils arc 
placed near each other in an A fh- coloured Skin, that covers the middle Part of the 
Bafe of the upper Mandible of the Bill. The Irides of the Eyes are of a fine 
Orange-Colour, lighter round the Pupils, and darker in the outer Circumference * 
the Eyes are placed in Spaces covered with a bare Afh-colour’d Skin. The Head, 
Neck, whole Body, both above and beneath, and the upper and under Coverts of 
the Tail, are of a very fine Red, or Scarlet-Colour, except the Feathers at the lower 
Part of the Neck behind, (or the Beginning of the Back) which are tipped with 
Yellow, and -form a broken yellow Spot. The lower Part of the Thighs juft above 
the Knees is Green ; the upper Red, like the reft of the Body. The greater Quills 
of the Wings are of a dark Green, inclining to Blue ; the Remainder that fall over 
them of a lighter Green. The firft Row of Coverts are of a yellow Green; the 
Idler Covert-Feathers of a fuller Green ; the fmaller Feathers in the upper Part of 
the Wing, about the Joint, are Yellow ; the Ridge of the Wing, a little below the 
Joint, is Blue ; the ten Prime, or firft Quills, have their inner Webs Red, almoft to 
their Tips, which are Dufky or Blackifh ; the Covert-Feathers within Side of the 
Wings are Dufky, and fringed with Yellow. The upper Side of the Tail is of a fine 
Blue, the Middle-Feathers being tinctured a little with Green ; the inner W ebs of the 
Tail-Feathers are Red at their Bottoms, and Yeilowifh at their Tips, fo that the 
under Side of the Tail appears of a yeilowifh Colour. The Legs and Feet are co-~ 
vered with- a fcaly Skin of a blueifh-black Colour. 
This Bird was the Property of the firft Lady of the Right Honourable Sir 
Robert Walpole , (afterwards created Earl of Orford ) who told me it was brought 
from the Eajl-Indies . I have feen four of this Species, which all agreed in their 
Marks and Colours, though one of them was lefs bright than the others, which I 
apprehend might be a Hen-Bird. I believe we have no Figure extant of this Bird, 
though our Countryman, Mr. Willughby , has given a Defcription of it, which he 
calls the Scarlet Parakeeto with green and black Wings. See his Ornithology, P . i 17. 
His Defcription is fomewhat brief. I have had Opportunities of giving a fuller 
Defcription of it, as I drew the Bird when living, and had it fent to me after it 
died to get the Skin fluffed, by winch Means I could more nicely examine every 
Part, in order to compleat my Defcription. lam fatisfied that this Bird, as well as 
the two laft deferib’d, are all different and diftinft Species of the Parrot , having. feen* 
fever A of each Sort, wlfich . exactly agreed in Colour, Size and Marking. 
We 
