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English Names for the Parrots.



♦Maccawle-Parrakeet, see CACTUS CONURE.


♦Macheo, an obsolete spelling of MACAW.


*Mackaw, *Macker, obsolete spellings of MACAW.


Macleay’s Fig-Parrakeet, Sir William. See under LORILET.


♦Madagascar Inseparable, the MADAGASCAR LOVEBIRD.


MADAGASCAR LOVEBIRD, see under LOVEBIRD.


" Madangour Toto,” Hindu name for the MALABAR PARRAKEET.


*Madua Bhola Parrakeet, see MALACCAN PARRAKEET.


Mafoor Pigmy Parrot . = Nasiterna maforensis.


♦Main Parrot, see AMAZON, BLUE-FRONTED.


Maitaka Parrot, the RED-VENTED PARROT.


“ Major Mitchell,” Australian vernacular for LEADBEATER’S COCKA¬

TOO.


MALABAR PARRAKEET. = Palaeornis peristerodes ; Blue-Winged

Parrakeet (Jerdon). “Madangour Toto” (Hindu).


MALACCAN PARRAKEET. = Palaeornis longicauda, the Malakka Parra¬

keet of Latham. Other names : Malayan Ring-Parrakeet, Malac¬

can Ring-Parrakeet, Long-Tailed Parrakeet, Long-Tailed

Alexandrine Parrakeet, *Madua Bhola Parrakeet. Blos-

somed-Cheeked Parrakeet (Shaw), Blossom-Cheeked Parrakeet,

Var. C. (Latham).


Malacca Ring Parrakeet.


Malakka Parrakeet, see above.


Malayan Parrot, Little. The BLUE-RUMPED PARRAKEET.


Malayan Ring-Parrakeet, the MALACCAN PARRAKEET.


♦Manila Green Parrot, see BLUE-CROWNED ECLECTUS.


MANY-COLOURED PARRAKEET (Gould), Psephotus multicolor.

Varied Parrot (Latham) ; Varied Parrakeet (Gould).


“ Maracana,” native name for the SEVERE MACAW, and also for some of

the Conures, as the GREEN C.


“ Marakang,” Marakang Macaw, see under MACAW.


♦Marron (PMaroon) Shining Parrot, the TABUAN PARRAKEET.


MASCARINE PARROT (Extinct) .= Mascarinus mascarinus. Other names,

♦Obscure Parrot, *Masked Vaza.


MASKED PARRAKEET, Pyrrhulopsis personata of Fiji. Native names,

“ Kagula,” and “ Kaka.”


♦Masked Vaza, see MASCARINE PARROT.


MASSENA’S LORIKEET. = Trichoglossus massenae.


MASTER’S PARRAKEET, Platycercus mastesianus, a specimen closely

allied to the PENNANT, or perhaps only a variety of this. Also

called RAMSAY’S PARRAKEET.


Mauritius Alexandrine Parrakeet, see next.


To be continued).



