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The Long-tailed Scarlet Lory. 
T H E Bird figur’d in the annex’d Plate is reprefented of its natu¬ 
ral Bignefs: It differs principally from the three laft foregoing 
Lories , in being fmaller, and in having a longer and fomewhat point- 
ed-Tail, the Middle-Feathers being an Inch and a half longer than the 
fhorteft Feathers on the Sides. 
It hath a pretty ftrong Bill in Proportion, made like thofe of other 
Parrots, of an Orange-Colour ; it hath a little Bend or Wave on the 
Edges of the upper Mandible ; the Noftrils are placed near together, in 
a dusky Skin at the Bafe of the upper Part of the Bill; the Colour of 
the Eyes unknown; (the Original being only a fluffed Bird, but well 
preferved) round each Eye is a Space of bare Skin, of a dusky Colour; 
the whole Head, Neck, Body both above and beneath, Sides under the 
Wings, Thighs, and Covert-Feathers above and beneath the Tail, are of a 
fine Red, or Scarlet-Colour ; yet the Fore-part of the Neck and Breafl is 
lighter, with a little Yellow on the Edges of the Feathers; the greater 
Quills of the Wings are Red, tipped with Green, as are the Middle- 
Quills ; the remaining three or four Quills next the Back are wholly 
of a very fine blue Colour ; the firfl Row of Coverts of the Wings, are 
Red tipped with Green, like the Quills they cover ; the leffer Covert- 
Feathers of the Wings are wholly Red, except the Top of the Wing a- 
bout the Joint, which is Green ; the Infides of the Wings are of a pale 
Red, except the Ends of the Quills, which are Dusky ; the Feathers 
of the Tail are a little pointed; thofe in the Middle longer than the Side- 
Feathers, and all of a duller Red than thofe of the Body ; the two 
outer Feathers, and the Tips of all the others are a little tindlured with 
Green; the under Side of the Tail isof a dull Red; the Coverts beneath the 
Tail (not fhewn in the Figure) are a dull Red, fringed with a fine Blue ; 
the Legs and Feet are of a dusky or blackifh Colour, agreeing in Shape 
with thofe of other Parrots; the Toes are arm’d with pretty ftrong Claws. 
This beautiful and rare little Parrot is the only one ofits Species I have yet feen : It was ex- 
pofed to Sale (fluffed, and fet on a Perch) in a Toy-Shop Window, in London , from whence I 
purchafed it. The Seller could give no Account from w'hence it was brought. I examined it 
itrjctly, and found it to be the perfect natural Skin of a Parrot, before I made a Draught of it. 
My Gcoi Patron, Sir Hans Shane , in Regard to its Rarity, has fince given it a Place in i is 
Gallery of Curiofities, where it was feen by a Gentleman, who affured Sir Hans that he once 
had one of the felf fame Species living, and that his Friend who gave it him, Paid it was 
brought from the Ifland of Borneo , in the Eajl-lndies . I can find no Account of this Bird, and 
believe it to be a Non defcript, The 
