LOR,TZING, birts'ing. GUSTAV ALBERT (1803 51). A German operatic composer, born in Ber lin. His parents were members of a traveling theatrical troupe, and the boy was practically self-taught, save for a few lessons received from a teacher in Berlin (flungenhagen). Ile pro duced his first opera, Ali Paseha rat Janina, in I524. and in PS26 joined the permanent company of the Court Theatre at Detmold. His next two works were vaudevilles, Der Pole nod scin Kind and Scene au,s1 Nozarts Leben, His most suc cessful opera is Zar and Zimmermann, which is to this (lay performed in every German opera house. Der Waffensehmied and Die beiden Schiitzen were scarcely less popular. His uneven temperament and character greatly interfered with artistic as well as his material success. Conductor of the Leipzig Opera in IS44, he almost immediately quarreled with the management and had to resign. After a brief period, however, admirers secured his reinstatement; hut a second quarrel brought his engagement to an end. In 1S50 he was ap pointed kapellmeister of the new Fried•ieh \VB. helmstiidtisehes Theater in Berlin, where he pro dueed some successful light operas, farces, etc. He was a prolific composer, and his music was melodic. •Many of lies operas are still popular on the provincial Gentian stage. He died in Berlin.
LORY (Malay, Hind. Bari, nave I. (I) Any of the small, brush-tongued, honey•eating parrots of the family Loriida• or Trichoglossida.). which
vary in size from that of a dove to that of a sparrow; the lesser forms are usually called lori keets (or loriqucts). The group includes about 00 species, and is confined to Polynesia and Aus tralasia excepting New Zealand. These parrot-., whose most important anatomical peeuliarity is the structure of the tongue, which is tipped with a bundle of bristles, have a dense soft plumage, exhibiting the most rich and mellow colors; the tail is rounded, generally not long: the bill is feebler than in many of the parrots, and the upper mandible much arched. They :tie very ac tive and lively, even in confinement, and are also of very gentle and affectionate disposition. Red, green. blue, and yellow are the prevailing colors of their plumage. and a remarkable sexual dimorphism exists, at least in the central genus (F.cleetus), where the female, are prevailingly green. while the males are red. l'ntil recently the sexes were frequently considered different ..p,•ies. One of the most beautiful and interest ing of the groups is the genus Domicella. For much curious information, and an extensive bibliography, consult Newton's article in Dictionary of Birds (London and New York, 1S03-901. See Colored Plate of Pmtnors.
(2) A dealer's name for the Australian par rots of the genus .Aprosnactus, more usually called 'king logy.' (3) In South Africa, a turaco