2.12 



PARROT. 



14. 

 RED- 

 BREASTED 

 PARROT. 



Description. 



Place. 



Pfittacus hsmatodus, Lin.Mant. 1771. p. 524. 



La Perruche variee d'Amboine, Brif. orn. iv. p. 364. N° 72. 



La Perruche a face bleue, Buf. oif. vi. p. 150. 



Perruche d'Amboine, PL enl. 61. 



Red-breafted Parrakeet, Ednv. glean, t. 232. 



T ENGTH eleven inches : fize of the common Parrakeet. Bill 

 yellowifh white : cere yellowifh : feathers round the bill, 

 taking in half the crown above, and the chin beneath, of a deep 

 blue ; the reft of the head and neck green *; behind the laft a 

 yellow ring : the upper parts of the body are green : fore part of 

 the neck and breaft of a fine orange red, edged with deep blue: 

 upper part of the belly deep green; lower part yellow green, 

 marked with deeper green : edge of the wing yellow : under 

 wing coverts red : tail four inches and three quarters in length j 

 muchcuneated; above green; beneath dirty green: legs blackiftu 

 Inhabits Amboina* 



14. 

 Var. A. 

 ORANGE- 

 BREASTED 

 PARROT. 



Description. 



Perruche des Moluques, Buf. oif. vi. p. 150. 

 PI. en l, 743 . 



r T'HIS is ten inches long. The bill reddifh white : the whole 

 head blue, and a fpot of this colour on the belly : it has the 

 breaft red, mixed with yellow, but not edged with blue : the tails 

 of this and the laft are as long as the bodies f. 



* In the Planches enhminees the hind head is brown. 



t In the Planches enhminees the feathers which cover the outfide of the thighs 

 are cheftnut, with dufky edges. 



M.ds 



