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2. Fuaviventris*. Pl. nigro viridique varius, capite postico 
corporeque subtus flavescentibus, fronte coccineo, guld tectri- 
cibus rectricibusque lateralibus lazulinis, remigibus nigris lazu- 
| lino-marginatis. 
Psittacus flaviventris. Temm. Linn. Trans. vol. xiii. pp. 116— 
118. 
Psittacus Brownii. Kuhl, Nova Acta &c. vol. 10. p. 56. no. 90. 
Perruche à large queue, var. Le Vaill. Hist. des Perr. pl. 80. 
Van Diemen's Parrot? Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 130. no. 33. 
* This bird," Mr. Caley tells us, ** was common at the settle- 
ment near Hobart Town in Van Diemen's Land. It is also met 
with, as I understand, in New Caledonia. I know nothing of 
its habits." Dr. Latham expresses a doubt whether his Van 
Diemen’s Parrot is the same as M. Temminck's species. It 
appears to us that they are the same, and that the descrip- 
tion of the Sulphur-headed Parrot (Gen. Hist. p. 133. no. 35.) 
appertains also to the same species. _ 
3. Exrmius. Pl. nigro flaco viridique varius, collo pectore crisso- 
que coccineis, gulá alb, tectricibus rectricibusque lateralibus 
lazulinis, remigibus nigris lazulino-marginatis. 
Psittacus eximius. Shaw, Nat. Misc. pl. 96. Zool. of New Holl. 
t.1. Kuhl, Nova Acta &c. vol. 10. p. 54. no. 87. 
Perruche omnicolore. Le Vaill. Hist. des Perr. pl. 28. 29. 
Nonpareil Parrot. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 139. no. Al. 
. In Mr. Caley's MSS. are the following observations on this 
bird. ** Rosehill Parrot.—So called from the name of the set- 
* M. Temminck originally gave the specific name of flavigaster to this bird (Linn. 
Trans. xiii. p. 116.); but as he himself subsequently referred to it (p. 118.) under the 
name of flaviventris, we have no scruple in adopting the latter title in preference to 
the former, which is obviously liable to objections. 
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