278 



PARROT. 



This is the defcription of Aldrovand, who does not mention 

 from what country it came ; but Brijfon, miftaking it for the 

 Perroqiiet violet of Barrere, which comes from Guiana, placed it as 

 a native of that place in courfe. 



85. 



GREEN AND 



RED CHINESE 



PARROT. 



Description. 



Place. 



Le Perroquet de la Chine, Brif. on. iv. p. 291, N° 39. 



Le Perroquet vert, Buf. oif. vi. p. 116. 



Perroquet de la Chine, PI. enl. 514. 



Le grand Perroquet verd de la Nouvelle Guinee, Son. Voy. p. 174. t. 108. 



Green and red Parrot from China, Ediu. glean, t. 23 1. 



CIZE of a middling Hen. The upper mandible red at the bafe 3 

 with a yellowifh tip -, the lower one black : there is neither 

 cere nor bare fkin round the eyes : the irides are orange : the bird 

 is wholly green, except the fides and under wing coverts, which 

 are red : the edge of the wing, and fome of the greater coverts., 

 are blue : the under part of the tail is brown : legs and claws 

 black. 



Inhabits China and Amboina; but in the former only in the 

 moft fouthern provinces : it is not common. Buffon fays he has 

 received it from the Moluccas and New Guinea ; and Sonnerat 

 likewife defcribes it as being a native of the laft place. 



86. 

 GREAT- 

 BILLED 

 PARROT. 



Descp.iption. 



Le Perroquet a Bee couleur de Sang, Buf. oif. vi. p. 122. 

 Perroquet-de la Nouvelle Guinee, PI. enl. 713. 



HP HIS is fourteen inches in length, and is a large-fized Parrot. 



JL 



The bill blood-colour, very thick and broad, more fo than 



in other Parrots, or even Maccaws : the head and neck are fine 



greeny 



