i S 6 OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



boiled rice, in which manner, in the year 

 1 75 i, one was brought alive to Gothenburgh 

 in the fhip the Gothic Lion, and I brought a 

 fluffed one. 



' Psittacus Javanicas (Pfittacus Akxandri 

 Linn.) This Parrot is twice as big as the pre- 

 ceding one, and is here univerfally expofed to 

 fale. The cere is black ; the wings have feven 

 quill-feathers in the lafl joint ; eleven fecon- 

 dary feathers are in the next ; and in the loweft, 

 which is very fliort, are a few fmall ones ; the 

 ■midlemoft of the eleven tail- feathers is the 

 longed ; the upper-jaw is the longed and pale 

 red ; the lower is pale yellow ; the nojlrils 

 fland very high up in the bill, and are round; 

 the membrane of the head goes round about 

 fomewhat lower; the head is every where 

 covered with very fliort feathers of a pale blue, 

 and pale yellow ; . the temples are black on 

 both fides ; all the other parts of the bird are 

 grafs coloured, except the throat and breqfi 

 which are pale red ; the wings are light grey 

 below, but five of the coverts are yellow ; the 

 down clofe to the body is grey ; the tail is 

 yellowifli, the thighs are long and covered ; th ; e 

 legs are fliort, and like the feet, of a greeni{h 

 grey ; the latter have two fore-toes and two 



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