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单词 raja lory
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raja lory
raja lory n. (a) (also lori rajah) a small scarlet parrot with yellow wings, found in the Moluccas (not identified: perhaps a variety of the chattering lory, Lorius garrulus: see quot. 1868) (obsolete); (b) a black lory of the subspecies Chalcopsitta atra insignis, having black plumage with red markings, found in western New Guinea and adjacent islands.
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1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 537 Raja Lory. Psittacus Raja..Scarlet Lory, with gold-yellow wings.
1822 J. Latham Gen. Hist. Birds II. 226 Rajah Lory. Size of the Purple-capped Lory..Inhabits the Moluccas, and there called Rhadia, and is a rare species.
1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants II. xxiii. 280 The birds thus treated become beautifully variegated with red and yellow feathers... The natives of Gilolo [in the northern Moluccas] alter in an analogous manner the colours of another parrot, namely, the Lorius garrulus, Linn., and thus produce the Lori rajah, or King-Lory.
1990 C. M. Perrins Illustr. Encycl. Birds 165/2 The eastern race C. a. insignis, which is sometimes known as the Rajah Lory, has red markings on the face, under the wings, and on the belly.
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