THE 
PHILIPPINE LORY. 
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Geseric Character. 
Hill hooked : upper mandible moveable. 
Nostrils round, placed in Ihe base of the bill. 
Tongue fleshy, broad, blunt at the end. 
feet scansorial. 
Specific Character, ct'c. 
SHORT-TAILED SCARLET PARROT, blue 
beneath, with violet-black crown, and 
green wings. 
BLACK-CAPPED LORY. 
Edw. pi. 170. 
LE LORI D’AMBOINE. 
IV. Enl. 518. 
This most beautiful species is a native of the Phi¬ 
lippine islands, and is remarkable for the gentleness 
of its manners in a state of captivity. It is some¬ 
what smaller than a turtle-dove, usually measuring 
about ten inches in length. 
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