56 Mr. YigoYs^s Sketches in Ornilholog?/, 



among themselves. In this country, however, we want data suffi- 

 •cient to determine this point. We have abundance of specimens 

 from Java, but few which can be ascertained to have come from 

 Pondichery. In my doubts on this subject I find myself associat- 

 ed with. Dr. Horsfield, who had every opportunity of observing 

 these birds in Java, where they were excessively common ; and 

 who has retained to his Javanese specimens the name of OsbeckiL 



10. Barrabandi. p. viridis^ sindpite gulaque aureo-Jlavis^ fas- 

 cidpectorali maculisque femoralibus rubris. 



Psittacus Barrabandi. Swains. Zool. Illust. Vol. I. pi. b9. 

 Scarlet-breasted Parrot. Lath. Gen. Syn. Vol. II. p. 121. No. 

 24. Ed. 2''^ 



Habitat in Nov^ HoUandia. 



This bird beautifully connects the Parrots of New Holland 

 with the Indian species of Paloeornis, The name of Barrabandi 

 has been already applied to another species of the family, but a 

 species belonging to a diflferent generick group , it may therefore 

 remain attached to the present species. 



** Mandibula inferiore elongaia, 



1 1 . Papuensis. Gmel. P. sanguineo'coccineusy inter scapulio^ alls 

 rectricibusque viridibusy fascia nuchali alteraque interoculari 

 nigrisy hdc azureo-marginata. 



Psittacus Papuensis. Gmel. Vol. I. p. 317. 



Psittacus Papuensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 88. No. 20. 



Psittacus Papuensis. Kuhl. Nova Acta, &c. No. 40. 



Petit Lori Papou. Sonn. Voy. p. 175. t. III. 



Perruche Lori-papou. Le Vaill. pi. 77. 



Papuan Lory. Lath. Gen. Syn. Vol. I. p. 215. No. 17.— Vol. 



II. p. 125. No. 28. Ed. 2"% 

 Papuan Parrakeet. Shaw. Gen. Zool. Vol. VIII. p. 440. pi. 64. 



Habitat in Papua. 

 Were we enabled to decide the generick station of any bird by 

 an inspection merely of a figure, without having seen the bird 



