Australian Birds in the Collection of the Linnean Society. 989 
1. Hæmaropus. Tri. viridis, capite collo abdomineque medio 
purpurascenti-azureis ; pectore coccineo flavo-variegato, tec- 
tricibus inferioribus coccineis, linuld nuchali Sascidque re- 
migum subtus flavis. | 
Foem.? Pectore coccineo, azureo-fasciato. 
Psittacus hæmatodus. Linn. Mant. 1771. p. 524. 
Perruche des Moluques. Pl. Enl. 743. 
Perruche d'Amboine. Ib. 61. $. 
Perruche a téte bleue. Le Vaill. Hist. des Perr. pl.24.8. 25.2. 
26. juv. 27. var. 
Blue-bellied Parrakeet. Brown, Illust. of Zool. pl. Y. Phill. 
Bot. Bay, pl. in p. 152. 
Red-breasted Parrot. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 122. no. 96. 
Mr. Caley informs us, that “ this bird is called War’rin by the 
natives, and by the settlers Blue Mountain Parrot. The young 
birds of this species are taken by the natives, who sell them to 
the settlers inhabiting the banks of the Hawkesbury, and the 
neighbourhood of Richmond Hill ; which latter settlement being 
situated at the foot of the mountains, the above name has been 
given to the bird. The name however is misapplied, for this 
species does not frequent the mountains; at least I have never 
met with it there during the various times and the different sea- 
sons that I visited those parts. It is a bird remarkable for its 
docility and attachment to some people, although a perfect 
scold to others, who may have teazed or offended it.—Flocks of 
these birds may be seen in the Eucalypti trees when in flower, 
in different parts of the country, but in the greatest number 
near their breeding-places. It does not eat any kind of grain, 
even when in a domesticated state. It is much subject to fits, 
which generally prove fatal; and it is rare to find an individual 
kept alive above a couple of years. One that I kept, on being 
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