ORANGE- WINGED LORIKEET. 
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especially when they employ it, as is their custom, 
either in welcoming the approach of the morning, or 
acknowledging the attentions of a favourite.” In size 
it is inferior to the species already described, mea- 
suring not more than 7^ inches in length. The bill 
is pale, slightly tinged with pink; the upper man- 
dible with the tip attenuated and long ; die tomia 
slightly sinuated. The crown of the head and paro- 
tic region is of a delicate greenish-blue ; the sides 
of the neck and throat, and indistinct nuchal collar, 
are greyish- white ; the rest of the body, with the ex- 
ception of the under wing-coverts, which are of a 
rich orpiment -orange colour, is green, palest upon 
the flanks, thighs, and the margins of the tail-feathers. 
The feet are of a pale flesh-colour 
