PARROT. 



209 



Piittacus eupatria, Lin. Syft. i. p. 140. N° 7. 



La Perruche de Gingi, Brif. orn. iv. p. 343. t. 29. f. I. — PL enl. 239. 



La grande Perruche a ailes rougeatres, Buf. oif vi. p. 156. 



'TTHIS bird meafures twenty-one inches in length 



crimfon : round the eyes is a naked reddifh fkin : 



The bill is 

 the 



plumage above is of a deep olive green, and beneath of a pale 

 green, with a mixture of yellow : throat and fore part of the 

 neck inclining to afh : wing coverts neareft the body of a dull 

 red •, the others green : quills green, edged with black : tail thir- 

 teen inches in length ; the two middle feathers nine inches and 

 three quarters longer than the two outer ones ; the colour green, 

 with brown fhafts : wings, when clofed, reach one-third of the 

 length of the tail : legs reddifh : claws black. 



Inhabits the kingdom of Gingi in the Eafi Indies. 



I believe this bird not to be common : I never faw but one, 

 which, after living many years in the houfe of a friend K at laft 

 died, and fell into my poffeffion. 



10. 

 4- GINGI 

 PARROT. 



Description. 



Placs. 



Pfittacus Japonicus, Lin. Syft. 1. p. 141, N e 3. 1 

 La Perruche du Japon, Brif. orn. iv. p. 362. 

 La Perruche verte & rouge, Buf. oif vi. p. 159. 

 Pfitt. erythrochlorus macrour. Japon. Aldrov. Raii Syn. p. 34. N° 3. 

 Red and yellow, or pale green Parrot of Aldrovandus, Will. orn. p. 

 feft. 2. 



116. 



11. 



JAPONESE 

 PARROT. 



"IN fize this is equal to the common green Parrakeet: the tail itfelf Description. 



is longer than the whole body, and much cuneated. The bill is 

 red: iridesthe fame : plumage above green: fcapulars blue: on each 



E e fide 



