a bird-name. An Australian variantof Lory (q.v.).
1850. J. B. Clutterbuck, `Port Phillip in 1849,' p. 40:
«A great many species of the parrot are found; and of thesethe King Parrot is the most beautiful, and that called theLowrie is perhaps the most docile.»
1890. Lyth, `Golden South,' p. 127:
«The birds are very beautiful – – the Blue Mountain and Lowrieparrots . . .'