3** F A R R O T. 



PiAcj. Inhabits the Philippine IJles, particularly Lufoma. M. Son- 



nerat * obferves, that it is only kept for its plumage., as it never 

 learns to talk. 



xz6. Petites Perruches del'ifle de Luijon, Sou. Voy. p. 77. t. 4. 



LUZONIAN £ a p erruc he a ailes noires, Buf. oif. vi. p. 174.. 



FARRAKEET. J J x '* 



Description. '"PHIS fpecies is lefs than the laft. Bill and irides yellow : hind 

 part of the neck, back, wing coverts, and tail, deep green : 

 belly light green and yellowilh : the top of the head is of a 

 bright red : the breaft blue : greater quills black : upper tail co- 

 verts red : legs yellow. 

 Female, The female differs in having only the feathers which furrdund 



the upper part of the bill red ; and a fpot of yellow on the upper 

 part of the neck : the breaft is red : otherwife like the male. 

 Place. Inhabits the ijle of Luzonia : and M. Sonnerat fays he has every 



reafon to fuppofe them mal-e and female, as their manners agree, 

 and they frequent the fame places. They are particularly fond 

 of the juice which oozes from the branches of the cocoa-trees, 

 when freih cut : and both of them likewife deep on the perch, 

 fufpended by one foot, with the head downwards. 



* Voy. a la N. Gums, p. 77. 



Pfittacus 



