284 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. Honsrizrp's Description of the 
8. EnvrunoPTERUs. Pl. viridis subtus flavescenti-viridis, dorso 
scapularibusque nigris, tectricibus coccineis, fasciá dorsali 
lazuliná. 
Psittacus erythropterus. Gmel. Syst. i. p. 343. no. 190... Kuhl, 
Nova Acta &c. vol. 10. p. 53. no. 85. 
Psittacus melanonotus. Shaw, Nat. Misc. pl. 653. 
Perruche érythroptere. Quoy et Gaymard, Voy. aut. du Monde, 
pl. 27. 
Crimson-winged Parrot. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 253. no. 198. 
A female of this species, presented to the Society by Mr. 
Brown, was obtained in an island of the Gulf of Carpentaria 
in December 1802. 
9. ScAPULATUs. Pl. viridis, capite collo corporeque subtus coc- 
cineis, lunulá nuchali uropygioque lazulinis, lined scapulari 
longitudinali pallidé viridi-ceruleá, rectricibus nigris viridi 
splendentibus. em 
Foem. Capite pectoreque viridibus. 
Psittacus scapulatus. Bechst. Kuhl, Nova Acta de. p. 56. no. 91. 
Psittacus Tabuensis, var. 8. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 88. no. 19. 
Grande Perruche à collier et croupion bleue. Le Vaill. Hist. 
- des Perr. pl. 55. 56. a = 
Tabuan Parrot. Whites Journ. pl. in p. 168.8. in p. 169.9. 
Phill. Bot. Bay, pl. in p. 158. | 
Mr. Caley could not inform us of the native name of this 
bird. ‘It was seldom," he tells us, “that I noticed a full 
coloured specimen, viz. red. When the Indian corn is ripe 
they may be seen in large flocks, on the farms, clinging on the 
stalks, and occasioning much mischief to the corn. I appre- 
hend that the greater part of these flocks are young birds, as it 
1s rare to see a bright-red one among them.— The natives tell 
me 
