English Names for the parrots. 77


*Double Inseparable, old popular name for the ROSY-FACED LOVE¬

BIRD.


*Double-Ringed Parrakeet, see MAURITIUS RINGNECKED P.

DUCORPS’ COCKATOO. — Cacatua ducorpsi, of the Solomon Islands.

DUFRESNE’S AMAZON, see under Amazon.


“ Dulang,” an Australian native name for PENNANT’S PARRAKEET.


“ Dumdum,” the native name in Senegal for the SENEGAL PARROT.

DUSKY PARROT, (i) =Pionus sordidus, the name first used for this species

by Edwards and Latham ; it is also sometimes known as the Sordid

Parrot ; (2) P. fuscus, the LITTLE DUSKY PARROT (Edwards,

Latham) also often bears this name, and also shares the popular name

“ Violet Parrot ” with its near ally, P. chalcopterus, the BRONZE¬

WINGED PARROT.


Dwarf-Cockatoo, see PIGMY PARROT.


DWARF CONURE, Conurus nanus, of Jamaica ; *Brown-Throated

Parrakeet, Var. (Latham) ; * Yellow-Bellied Paroquet (Gosse).

Dwarf Parrakeet, an occasional book name for any of the “ American

Lovebirds ” or Parrotlets (Psittacula).


Eastern Blossom-Headed Paroquet, see under BLOSSOM-HEADED

P„ BURMESE.


*Eastern Parrot, a name of Latham’s which probably referred to the male

WESTERMANN’S ECLECTUS.


ECLECTUS, strictly a member of the genus Eclectus, but also commonly

applied to many of the Tanygnathi. English names are :

BLUE-CROWNED ECLECTUS (q.v.) Tanygnathus luzoniensis.

CERAM ECLECTUS, q.v.


CORNELIA’S ECLECTUS. =E. corneliae.


Gilolo Eclectus, an occasional name for the GRAND E.


GRAND ECLECTUS, E. roratus, the Grand Lory of Latham, and

probably his Violet Lory, and *Gueby Parrot, Var. A. Other

names used are Halmahera Eclectus or Parrot, Gilolo Eclectus

or Parrot, while the popular dealers’ name, " Eclectus Lory,”

usually means this species, though it may be applied to any Eclectus.

GREAT-BILLED ECLECTUS, Tanygnathus megalorhynchus, the

Great-Billed Parrot and *Grisled Parrot of Latham. Other

book names are : Great-Billed Parrakeet, *Grizzled Parrot,

and *Black-Shouldered Parrot, the two latter practically

obsolete.


“ Green Eclectus,” the popular name for the male RED-SIDED

ECLECTUS.


Halmahera Eclectus, see GRAND E., above.


Linnaean E., see RED-SIDED E.


MULLER’S ECLECTUS. = Tanygnathus muelleri, of the Celebes.

Other names, Muller’s Great-Billed Parrakeet, Muller’s



