BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. s$3 



Ara brafilienfis erythrochlora. BrifT. av. iv. 198. n. 7. 



Inhabits Brafil, Guiana, and Jamaica. — Is about feventeen inches long ; the bill and claws are 

 black; the cheeks are ftreaked with black; the hides are golden yellow ; the plumage is green ; the 

 fore-head is purpliih chefnut ; the crown of the head is blue ; the upper furface of the tail is green, 

 growing blue towards the tip ; the legs and feet are brown, with black claws. In the Dulky variety 

 the plumage is of a dufky or darker green colour ; the fore-head is brown, and the crown of the 

 head is greenifh blue ; perhaps the difference may be owing to age or fex. 



339 11. Gingee Parrot. — 10. PJittacus Eupatria. 7. 

 Is green, with naked cheeks, fcarlet fhoulders, and purple red bill. 



Pf. Eupatria. Lath. ind. orn. i. 85. n. 11. — Plittaca ginginiana. BrifT. av. iv. 343. n. 64. t. 29, 

 f. 1. — Perruche de Gingi. PI. enl. n. 239. — Grande Perruche a ailes rougeatres. Buff. oil*, vi. 

 156. — Gingi Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 209. n. 10. 



Inhabits Gingee in India. — Meafures twenty-one inches long : The orbits are naked and ruddy ; 

 the body is deep olive green above, and pale green mixed with yellow beneath ; the chin and throat 

 are fomewhat afh coloured ; the wings and tail are green ; the upper coverts are red ; the legs and 

 feet are reddifh, with black claws ; the two middle feathers of the tail are greatly longer than the 

 reft ; the bill is of a fcarlet colour, verging to purple* 



340 12. Japonefe Parrot. — 11. PJittacus japonlcus. 8. 



Is green above, and red beneath ; the lateral tail quills are red, and the wing quills, 

 blue. 



Pf. japonicus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 86. n. 12. — Pf. erythrochlorus macrourus. Aldr. orn. i. 678. 

 f. p. 681. Raj. av. 34. n. 3. — Pfittaca japonenfis. BrifT. av. iv. 362. n. 71. — Perruche vert-et- 

 rouge. Buff. oif. vi. 159. — R ed-and-yellow, or Pale-green Parrot. Will. orn. angl. 1 16. — Japonefe 

 Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 209. n. 1 1. 



Inhabits the fouthern parts of Japan, — The tail is longer than the body, its two middle quills being 

 green with white fhafts, and the reft red with black fhafts ; the bill and irides are red ; the cheeks,, 

 before and behind each eye, are marked with blue fpots ; the interfcapulary region is blue ; the chin 

 is rufty red ; the under parts of the body are ftreaked longitudinally with black lines ; the legs, feet, 

 and claws are black. 



■jai 13. Amboina Parrot.— 12. PJittacus amboinenfis, 9. 



Is fcarlet, the back being blue ; the wings have each a green fpot. 



Pf. amboinenfis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 86. n. 13. — Pfittaca amboinenfis coccinea. BrifT. av. 378. 

 t. 28. f. 2. — Lori-perruche tricolor. Buff. oif. vi. 138. — Perruche rouge d' Amboina. PI. enl. 

 11 240. — Amboina red Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 210. n. 12. 



Inhabits Amboina. — Is fifteen inches and a half long; the bill, legs, feet, and claws are red, the firft 

 having a black tip ; the under coverts of the tail, are violet in the middle ; the two middle tail quills 



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