PARROT. 



M. de Buffon fuppofes this and the laft to be varieties only. To 

 which I may add a-- further one, the next defcribed, 



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Blue-bellied Parrot, Brown's lllujir. p. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



14. t. 7. 



THE length of this beautiful Parrot is fifteen inches. The 

 bill is reddifh : orbits black : head and throat dark blue, 

 •with a mixture of lighter blue feathers : back part of the head 

 green ; towards the throat yellow green : back and wings green : 

 prime quills duiky, barred with yellow : breafl: red mixed with 

 yellow : belly of a fine blue : thighs green and yellow : tail cu- 

 neiform ; the two middle feathers green; the others the fame, 

 but bright yellow on the outer edges : legs duflcy. 

 Inhabits Botany Bay in New Holland. 



Var.B. 



BLUE-BELLIED 



PARROT. 



Description. 



Placs, 



I*'Ara varie des Moluques, Brif. orn. iv. p. 197. N° 5. 

 La grande Perruche a bandeau noir, Buf. oif. vi. p. 158. 

 Pfitt, orient, exquifit. Loeri di&us, Seha i. p. 63. f. 4. * 

 Piitt. capite nigro, collari viridi, Klein. A-v. p. 25. N° 16. 



LITTLE bigger than the Amazon's Parrot : length fourteen 

 inches, of which the tail is fix inches and three quarters. 

 The upper part of the.head is black ■: '.the neck furrounded with a 

 collar of green and red : back, rump, fcapulars, wing and tail 

 coverts, deep blue : throat, fore part of the neck, and breafb, fine 



'5- 

 BLACK- 

 CROWNED 

 PARROT. 



Description. 



t * Se&a's figure has three toes before, and two behind, being five in all j no 

 doubt, a miftake of the engraver. - 



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