292 Mr. ViGORp's and Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



Capitis pileus viridis, cœruleo splendens : gala, gcnaque cteru- 

 lescenti-virides. Pectoris, abdominis inedii, niic/iaque pluraae 

 ad basin flavae, coccineo parce variegate, fascia apicali 

 viridi lata marginata?. Rcmigi(?n pogonia interna fusca, 

 omnium, prima excepta, maculii aurantio-coccineâ in medio 

 notata, his maculis fasciam subtus formantibus. Rectrices 

 virides, subtus pallidè fuscœ, pogoniis internis omnium, 

 duabus mediis exceptis, ad basin aurantiaco-coccineis. 

 Rostrum rubro-liavum. Pedes nigri. Longitudo corporis, 

 9-f\ ; ala a carpo ad remigem primam, 5^ ; mandibuhe supe- 

 rioris ad rictum et ad ceram, f , inferioris, ^ ; tarsi, f ; di- 

 giti antici externi, ungite inchiso, -^. 



Spotted Parrot. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 197. no. 123. 



In honorem Gulielmi M a ton, Mcdicinœ Doctoris, Societotis 

 Linneance Pko-Pr,esidis, in Zoologià eximii judicis, here 

 species pulchra generis palcherrimi nomine distinguatur. 



5. Coxcixxus. Tri. viridis ; fronte, taniu postoculari descen- 

 dente, rectricumque basi intus coccineis ; occipite cccrules- 

 cente, macula laterali subtus fîavâ ; nucha intcrscapulioque 

 olivaceis. 



Psittacus concinnus. Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 87. Kuhl, Nova 

 Acta ^^c. vol. 10. /:•. 46. no. 70. 



Psittacus australis. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 104. no 66. 



Perruche à bandeau rouge. Le Vaill. Ilisf. des Perr. pi. 48. 



Crimson-fronted Parrakeet. ÉJilh. (h-it. Hist. ii. p. loi. //o. 97. 



•' This species," Mr. Caley observes, " is called by the nativ^es 

 Coolich. It may be observed in large Hocks sucking the Euca- 

 li/pti tlowers. Like the Blue Mountain Parrot it is subject to fits, 

 which generally prove fatal. Tt is but seldom kept alive. Its 

 breath, or some part about its head, emits a very sweet odoui-. 



" The 



