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PLATE 



VII. 



THE BLUE-BELLIED PARROT. 



LENGTH, 



BILL, 



HEAD, 



ORBITS, 



NECK, 



BREAST, 

 BELLY, 

 THIGHS, 

 BACK, 



TAIL, 



LEGS, 

 PLACE, 



fifteen inches. 



of a reddifli colour. 



of a rich dark bhie, beautifully mixed with fmall 



feathers, of a light blue, 

 black, 

 towards the throat of a yelloMàlli green; the hind 



part, green, 

 red mixed with yellow. 

 of a fine blue, 

 green and yellow, 

 and WINGS, green; the primaries dufky, barred 



with yellow, 

 cuneiform. Middle feathers, green; the refi:, 



green; on their exterior fides, of a bright 



yellow, 

 dufky. 

 New South Wales, in New Holland ; very numerous 



in Botany Bay. 

 This bird was fi.rft brought over by Joseph banks, 



Efq. 



