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GRAND ELECTUS. 
Electus grandis. — Wagler. 
Electus grandis, Wagler, Mon. Psitt. in Abhand. &c. pp. 
495, 472. — Psittacus grandis, Kulil's Consp. p. 38, No. 50. 
Lath. Ind. Dm. i. p. 116, sp. 112, var. B Psittacus jan- 
tliinus. Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 90, sp. 24 Peroquet grand 
Lori, (male), Le Vaillant. Tab. 126 Lori de la nouvelle 
Guinee, Buff. PI. Enl. 683. — Grand Lory, Lath. Syn. i. 
p. 275, sp. 81 ; Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 533, pi. 80. 
This elegant species, which exceeds the Amazons 
Parrot in size, is a native of the Moluccas and New 
Guinea. In appearance, and the colour of its plu- 
mage, it approaches the larger lories, a resemblance 
also indicated by the name given to it by Latham 
and others. The bill is black, with the culmen of 
the upper mandible rounded ; the nostrils placed at 
the base of the bill, aud concealed from view ; the 
eyes yellow, and the ophthalmic region entirely cloth- 
ed with feathers. The head and upper neck are of a 
rich crimson red ; the lower neck, breast, belly, and 
upper part of the thighs, are lilac purple ; the man- 
tle, hack, scapulars, wing-coverts, and upper tail- 
coverts, rich scarlet, with a purplish tinge. The 
flexure of the wings, and outer webs of the quills, 
are azure blue ; the vent and apical fascia of the tail 
yellow. 
The next group indicated by Wagler is that of 
Psittacodis, the principal character of distinction 
