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Plain Parrot. P. Simplex. Kuhl. Son. lb. 38. f. 1. 



General colour, green ; clearer underneath. Isle of 

 Lugon. 



Guinea Parrot, with Red Head. P. Pullarius. 

 Enl. 60. 



Green ; face, red ; rump, blue ; tail, orange, with a 

 black bar across. New Guinea. 



Short-winged Parrot. P. Micropterus. Son. 41. 



Back, and upper wing-coverts, black ; head, neck, 

 and belly, yellowish green. New Guinea. 



Otaheite, or Violet Parrot. P. Taitianus. Gm. Enl. 

 455. Vaill. 65, or P. Porphyrus. Nat. Mis. 7- 



Blue, with a white throat, and a slight crest. Ota- 

 heite. 



SparmarCs Parrot. P. Sparmanni. Mus. Carl. 

 27. Vaill. 66. 



All the plumage deep blue. Otaheite. 



Blue-crested Parrot. P. Fringillaceus. Vaill. 71» 

 or Porphyrocephalus. Nat. Mis. 1. 



Green ; crown, slightly crested blue ; throat, and bar 

 on abdomen, red. Sandwich Islands. 



Blue-headed Parrot. P. Phigy. Vaill. 64. 



Head, deep blue, slightly violet ; cheeks, throat, chest, 

 and all underneath, fine red ; scapulars, red. Friendly 

 Islands. 



