English Names for the Parrots.



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ENGLISH NAMES FOR THE PARROTS.


By Dr. E. HOPKINSON.


('Continued from page 78.)


Fiji Parrakeet, applied to two species of Fijian Parrakeets : (i) the


SHINING PARRAKEET ; ( 2 ) the TABUAN PARRAKEET.


FINSCH'S AMAZON.


Fire-Winged Parrakeet, an occasionally used name for the ORANGE¬

WINGED PARRAKEET ( Brotogerys pyrrhopterus).


*First Black-Capped Lory, Edwards’ name for the THREE-COLOURED

LORY.


•FORSTEN’S LORIKEET, Trichoglossus forsteni.


Funereal Cockatoo, see BLACK COCKATOO.


Fura mato,” native name in Brazil for some of the Conures, more par¬

ticularly for the RED-EARED and WHITE-EARED CONURES.


“ Galah,” “ Galah Cockatoo,” see ROSE-BREASTED COCKATOO.


Ganga Cockatoo, the GANG-GANG COCKATOO.


“ Gang-Gang,” Australian vernacular.


GANG-GANG COCKATOO, Callocephalum galeatum ; also sometimes known

as the Ganga C. Older names, Red-Crowned Parrot (Latham),

and Helmet Cockatoo. Australian vernacular, “ Gang-Gang.”


" Garuba,” see GOLDEN CONURE.


*Geringore, an obsolete book name for some of the BLACK COCKATOOS.

*Stellated Geringore, the WESTERN BLACK C.


*Gerini’s Parrot, see under AMAZON, RED-THROATED.


Gilolo Eclectus.


Gilolo Parrot, see under Eclectus, GRAND.


*Gingi Parrot, see under ALEXANDRINE PARRAKEET, CINGALESE.


GLAUCOUS MACAW .=Anodorhynchus glaucus, one of the Hyacinthine

Macaws.


“ Gnik-gnik,” South American native name for some of the Green Parra¬

keets of that region, such as the RED-EARED CONURE and ALL¬

GREEN PARRAKEET.


GOFFIN’S COCKATOO, Cacatua goffini.


GOLDEN CONL^RE, Conurus guarouba, sometimes known as the Queen

of Bavaria’s Parrakeet. Latham knew it under the two names,

^Brazilian Yellow Parrot and *Yellow Macaw-Parrot. Native

names (Brazil) are “ Garuba,” “ Guarajouba.”


^Golden Parrot, a name used by Latham to describe a yellow variety of

the rare RED-FACED PARROT ( Geoffroyus personatus ).


GOLDEN-BACKED HANGING PARRAKEET. =Loviculus chrysonotus.


GOLDEN-CROWNED CONURE, Conurus aureus, the Golden-Crowned

Parrakeet of Edwards, and Red and Blue-Headed Parrakeet



