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Parrot (Latham), applied to a variety with yellow spots on the

wing.


BURMESE BLOSSOM-HEADED PARRAKEET. = P. rosa, the

more Eastern form of P. cyanocephala. Other names : Rosa’s

Parrakeet, Rosy Parrakeet, Rosy-headed Parrakeet, Rose-

Headed-Ring Parrakeet (Edwards and Latham) ; Eastern •

Blossom-Headed Paroquet (Oates). The popular names,

Blossomhead,” “ Plumhead,” also are applied to this species.


BLOSSOM-HEADED PARRAKEET, BURMESE, see above.


BLOSSOM-HEADED PAROQUET, Eastern, see above, under Burnese.


Blossom-Headed Paroquet, Western, see above.


*Blossom-Headed Parrakeet, Var. B., see BANDED PARRAKEET (i).


* Blossom-Headed Parrakeet, Var. C., see MALACCAN PARRAKEET.


Blue and Buff Macaw, see BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW.


BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW. =Ara ararauna. Ararauna,” native

name according to Marcgrave. Other names : *Blew Maccaw

(Albin and Latham) ; *Great Maccaw (Sloane) ; * Great Blew


and Yellow Parrot, Macheo or Cockatoon (Charleton) ; Blue

and Buff Macaw (auctt.).


Blue BUDGERIGAR.


" Blue Parrot,” popular name in Australia for the PILEATED PARRA¬

KEET.


" Blue Rosella,” see PALE-HEADED PARRAKEET.


BLUE-BANDED GRASS-PARRAKEET. = Neophema vennsta. Blue-

Banded Parrakeet, Blue-Winged Grass-Parrakeet. Obsolete

names : *Venust Grass-Parrakeet ; *Blue-Headed Parrakeet

(Latham) ; *Blue-Banded Nanodes. Shares with N. elegans the

popular name, " Elegant Parrakeet.”


* Blue-Banded Nanodes. j


Blue-Banded Parrakeet, ) see BLUE-BANDED GRASS-PARRAKEET.


Blue-Bellied Lorikeet, another name for SWAINSON’S LORIKEET.


Blue-Bellied Parrot (i) see AZURE-BELLIED PARROT. (2) see

SWAINSON’S LORIKEET.


*Blue-Bellied Parrot, Var. C. (Latham) ?=the RED-COLLARED

LORIKEET, under LORIKEET.


“ BLUE-BONNET.”


” BLUE-BONNET PARRAKEET.” = Psephotus haematorhous. “ Blue-


Bonnet,” English and Australian vernacular. Other names : Red-

Vented Parrakeet (Gould) ; Red-Vented Blue-Bonnet Parra¬

keet ; Crimson-Bellied Parrakeet. Sometimes advertised by

dealers under the name " Red-Vented Parrot.”


A close ally is the YELLOW-VENTED BLUE-BONNET PARRA¬

KEET, the Yellow-Vented Parrakeet of Gould.



