PSITTTACUS Malaccensis, 

 Blue-rwnped Parrot. 



Generic Character. — See PI. 1. 



Specific Character. 

 P. viridis ; verfice uropygioque nitide ccEruleis ; tectricibit.s inte- 



rioribus, corporisque lateribiis coccineis ; caiidd Jiuvescente ; 



rostro magno, dentato. 

 Green ; crown and rump sapphire blue; inner wing covers and sides 



of the body crimson ; tail yellowish ; bill large, toothed. 

 P. Malaccensis. General Zoology, vol. 8. 2. p. 554. 

 Blue-rumped Parrakeet. Lath. Syn. Sup. l.p.QQ. 



I THINK this may be the bird described (according to 

 Latham) by Sonnerat, under the name of Petite perruche de 

 Malacca, and from which both Latham and Shaw have 

 framed their account of the Blue-rumped Parrot. On 

 comparing their descriptions with the following, some 

 differences and omissions will be found, but not sufficient, 

 I think, to justify the idea of this being a distinct species: 

 I have, as yet, seen only one specimen (and that not perfect) 

 of this rare and little known bird. 



Total length six inches ; bill unusually large and strong, 

 being three quarters of an inch (in a straight line) long, and 

 nearly the same in height at the base ; upper mandible with 

 a sharp tooth in the middle, and reddish orange ; under 

 mandible violet grey; front and crown of the head violet 

 blue, changing to blackish green on the back, and greyish 

 green on the sides of the head, neck, and breast; body and 

 vent green ; rump and upper tail covers vivid azure blue ; 

 spurious wings greenish blue ; wing covers dark but bright 

 green, margined more or less with yellowish ; quills blue 

 green, their inner webs black ; under wing covers and sides 

 of the body crimson; tail short, even, the two middle 

 feathers above green, the rest yellow with green edges and 

 black shafts ; beneath, these feathers are all yellow, the 

 shafts white ; the wings, for the size of the bird, are very 

 long, measuring four inches and a half. 



PI. 154. 



