284 Mr. ViGORs's and Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



8. Erythropterus. PI. viridis suhttis flavesceufi-viridis, dorso 



scapidaribusque nigris, tectricibus coccineis, fascia dorsali 



lazulinâ. 

 Psittacus erythropterus. Gmel. Syst. i. 7;. 343. no. 120. Kuhl, 



Nova Acta ^^c. vol. 10. p. 53. no. 85. 

 Psittacus melanonotus. Show, Nat. Misc. pi. 653. 

 Perruche érythroptere. Quoi/ et Gaipnard, l'oij. aid. du Blonde, 



pL 27. 

 Crimson-winged Parrot. Latli. 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. So A PU L AT us. P/. viridis, capite coilo corporeque subtus coc- 



cineis, lunula nuchali uropygioque lazulinis, linea scapulari 



longitudinali pallidc viridi-carnlca, rectricibus nigris viricli 



splendentibus. 

 Fœm. Capite pectorcquc viridibus. 



Psittacus scapulatus. Bechst. KuhI,Nova Acta 4'C. p. 56. no. 91. 

 Psittacus Tabuensis, var. /3. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 88. 710. 19. 

 Grande Perruche à collier et croupion bleue. Le Vaill. Hist. 



des Perr. pi. 55. 56. 

 Tabuan Parrot. White's Journ. pi. in p. I68. c? . in p. 16"9. p. 



Phill. Bot. Bay, pi. in p. 153. 



Mr. Caley could not inform us of the native name of this 

 bird. " It was seldom," he tells us, " that 1 noticed a full 

 coloured specimen, viz. red. ^Vhen 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 

 is rare to see a brioht-red one amono; them. — The natives tell 



me 



