PARROT. itf 



tipper parts of" the body olive green ; beneath olive yellow; 



outer edge of the tail pale blue: tail cuneiform; the two middle 



feathers fix inches long; the outer one three only, colour olive 



green; the outer edges of the four outer ones pale blue; ends of 



all whiiifh : legs dufky blue. 



Inhabits New Caledonia. There is a fpecimen of this likewife at Pi, ace. 



Sir Jofeph Banks's. I have fome fufpicion of its proving the female 



of the laft-mentioned : the bill, legs, wings, and tail, do very 



much correfpond, 



50. 



RED-RUMPED 



PARROT. 



Description. 



T ENGTH fifteen inches. Bill ftout, moderately hooked; the 

 upper mandible not angulated ; bafe of both deep blue; the 

 tip of the upper black : the forehead very dark purple ; crown 

 greenifti cheftnut : fides of the head pale green : from the bafe of 

 the bill arifes a ftreak of crimfon, which pafies through the eye, 

 and a little way behind it : hind part of the head and neck, 

 upper parts of the body, and wing coverts, dark green : at the back 

 part of the neck a few pale yellow feathers ; and on the middle of 

 the back a mixture of pale ferruginous brown : the rump cHith 

 fon, with a tinge of cheftnut : the under parts of the body ci- 

 nereous green : the greater quills are brown, with blueifh edges : 

 fecondaries, and baftard wing, duiky, with the edges green, and 

 pale .rufty brown tips: the tail is cuneiform; the two middle 

 feathers being feven inches in length, the outer ones only three 

 inches and a quarter ; the colour of them blueifh, but the two 

 middle ones have green margins ; all the fhafts deep cheftnut : 

 legs black. 



Inhabits New Zealand. A fine fpecimen is now at Sir Jofeph Place, 



Banks's, from which this defcription is taken. 



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