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1. ILi,jMATODUS. Tri. viridis, capitc collo abdoinineque medio 

 piirpurascenti-azureis ; pectore coccineo flavo-variegato, tcc- 

 tricibus inferiorihus coccineis, lunula nuchali fusciuque re- 

 îuigum subtusjîavis. 



Fœm.? Vectorc coccineo, azureo-fasciato. 



Psittacus haematodus. Linn. Mont. 1771- p- 524. 



Perruche des Moluques. PI. Enl. 743. 



Perruche d'Amboine. lb. 6l. P . 



Perruche à tête bleue. Le J'aill. Hist, des Perr. pi. 24. â . 25. P . 

 26. juv. 27- var. 



Blue-bellied Parrakeet. Brown, Illust. of Zool. pi. 7. Phill. 

 Bot. Bai/, pi. in p. 152. 



Red-breasted Parrot. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. /). 122. no. 20. 



Mr. Caley informs us, that " this bird is called fVar'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 durino the various times and the difterent sea- 

 sons that I visited those parts. It is a bird remarkable for its 

 docilit}' and attachment to some people, although a perfect 

 scold to others, who may have teazed or ofl'ended 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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