PON Rea 3O 2. 
blue, with a tinge of green on the margins: the legs dufky ath 
colour: the orbits and chin are both deftitute of feathers, and of a 
yellow colour: the tail fhaped as in the Blue Maccaw, but not much 
more than half the length. : 
This is in the collection of Mr, Parkinfon, to whom it was given 
after death by lord Orford; it is by no means afcertained from whence 
it came, but as all the other Maccaws are of American origin, it may 
not unreafonably be prefumed that the fame country gave birth to 
this {pecies. 
Pfitt. Tabuenfis, Ind. Orz.i. p. 88. 19, 
Pfitt. atropurpureus, Pompadour Parrot, Lev. Mu/. pl. in p. 1426 
Tabuan Parrot, Gex, Syz. i. p. 214.16. t. 7. 
HE one defcribed in the General Synopfis is a male: the female 
is moftly green: the head, neck, and under parts are olive brown: 
belly red; rump blue: the upper furface of the tail is green, the 
under dufky. 
In Cook’s laft voyage, Parrots are faid to have been feen at Tongo 
Taboo, fomewhat fmaller than the common grey ones: thefe are of 
an indifferent green on the back and wings: tail blueifh: the reft 
of a footy or chocolate brown; furely Captain Cook muft have feen 
very. indifferent fpecimens, as the green is particularly vivid, and the 
purple, though deep, is by no means footy. - 
Pf. Tabuenfis, Ind, Orn. i. p. 88.19. 
Tabuan Parrot, Phll, Vy. t. p. 253. 
HIS is twenty-four inches in length: bill brown; the upper 
mandible tinged with red: head, neck, and all the under parts 
bright fcarlet: back and wings fine green: on the lower part of the 
neck behind, between that and the back, a crefcent of blue: tail long 
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