PURPLE-CAPPED LORY. 16’ 
crown of the head is blackish-purple in front, passing 
into violet-purple on the hinder part. The wings on 
the upper surface are green, the flexure and margins 
violet-blue, as are also the under wing-coverts. The 
feathers of the thighs are azure-coloured exteriorly, 
their basal parts being greenish. The bill is orange 
yellow ; the under mandible conic, and narrow to- 
wards the tip. In this species, the tongue exhibits 
in an inferior degree the filamentous character so cha- 
racteristic of the division, and it is probable that, 
with three or four others, such as Lorius puniceus, 
gurrulus, &c., it will be found necessary to separate 
them from such as exhibit the tubular and papillary 
structure of that member in greater extent and per- 
fection. 
The next form we have to notice is one of great 
interest, partaking of the essential characters of the 
Lories, in the form and structure of its bill and 
tongue, as well as in the prevailing tints of its plum- 
age. At the same time, it shews a Btrong analogy 
to the Ring-Parrakeets, or members of the genus 
Palceornis, in the peculiar form of its tail, which 
nearly resembles that of Palseomis Alexandri. By 
Wagler it is considered as generically distinct from 
the other Lories, as well as from the Trickoglossi, 
or Lorikeets, and of it lie institutes his genus 
Charmosyna ; but as no other species has yet been 
discovered, and the prolongation of the two mid- 
