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ORANGE- WINGED LORIKEET. 
same vessel which conveyed hither the late unfortu- 
nate King and Queen of these Islands. As any in- 
formation tending to elucidate the hahits and man- 
ners of species cannot fail to he equally interesting 
to the naturalist and the general reader, we make no 
apology for quoting largely from the account given 
by Mr Vigors of these two lovely birds. “ In their 
manners,” he observes, “they are peculiarly interest- 
ing. Strongly attached to each other, like the indi- 
viduals of the small species, so well known in our 
collections, and which we familiarly style Love Birds, 
they assert an equal claim to that title, if it, is to be 
considered the reward, or the distinctive sign of af- 
fection. They will not admit of being separated 
even for a moment; and, whether in their cage or at 
liberty, every act and every movement of one has a 
reference to the acts and movements of the other. 
They are lively, active, and familiar, distinguishing 
and following those who attend to them, with per- 
fect confidence, but always in concert ” Their 
movements, he adds, are less constrained than those 
of Parrots in general, approaching, both on the 
ground and the wing, to the quick pace and short 
and rapid flight of the more typical perchers. They 
have apparently less powers of voice than the greater 
part of the family, uttering only a sort of chirrup 
like that of the sparrow ; this is shrill, it must be 
confessed, at times when rivalship or any particular 
incitement inducer them to exert it to the utmost ; 
but at other times it is far from unpleasing, more 
