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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The specific name of a lory of the Moluccas, Lorius domicella (Linnæus), adopted by some authors as the genus name instead of the barbarous word Lorius. In some usages it is nearly conterminous with the subfamily Lorinæ, including Eos, Coriphilus, etc.
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“The remaining four species are found nowhere else: the endangered black-chinned monarch (Monarcha boanensis) and vulnerable salmon-crested cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis), purple-naped lory (Lorius domicella), and lazuli kingfisher (Todirhamphus lazuli).”
“Papuan lories (Lorius domicella), four other lories and parroquets,”
“The next day they were more successful, and I was delighted to see them return with a Bird of Paradise in full plumage, a pair of the fine Papuan lories (Lorius domicella), four other lories and parroquets, a grackle (Gracula dumonti), a king-hunter (Dacelo gaudichaudi), a racquet-tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea), and two or three other birds of less beauty.”
“Had it so been, the supposition long held of the identity of Philippa Chaucer, _domicella camera_, with Philippa Pycard,”
“Some lories Eos histrio, Lorius domicella are in trouble-I'm sure I'm forgetting some.”
“_domicella_, could scarcely have arisen; nor should we be told that”
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