564 BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 



meafure nine inches and a half long, and are of a brownifh violet colour ; the two outer tail quills 

 on each fide are fcarcely fix inches long, and are red on their inner edges. 



342 14. Blue-headed Parrot. — 13. Pfittacus cyanocephalus. 10. 



Is green, the head and chin being blue. 



Pf. cyanocephalus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 80. n. 14. — Pfittaca cyanocephala. BrifT. av. iv. 359. t. 19. 

 f. 2. — Perruche a tete bleue. Buff. oif. vi. 145. PL enl. n. 192. — Blue-headed Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 

 21 1. n. 13. 



Inhabits India. — Is not quite twelve inches long; the upper mandible is yellow, with a pale afh co- 

 loured tip, the lower mandible is wholly afh coloured ; the fpace round the eyes is naked and yel- 

 lowifli ; the under parts of the body are yellowifh green ; the chin is bluiih violet ; the fides of the 

 neck are yellow ; the under furfaces of the wings are afh coloured ; the under furface of the tail is 

 yellowifh afh ; the legs and feet are bluifh, with grey claws. 



343 15. Red-breafted Parrot. — 14. Pfittacus haematotus, 50. 



Is green, the bread being red, the face blue, and the crown marked with a yellow fe- 

 milunar fpot. 



Pf. haematotus. Lin. mantiff. 177 1, p. 574. — Pfittaca amboinenfis varia. Briff. av. iv. 364. 

 n. 72. — Perruche a face bleue. Buff. oif. vi. 150. — Perruche d'Amboine. PL enl. n. 61. — Red- 

 breafted Parrakeet. Edw. glean, t. 232 — Red-breafted Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 212. n. 14. 



Inhabits Amboina. — This fpecies meafures fifteen inches long; the bill and cere are yellowifh; the 

 frontlet and part of the crown are blue ; the hind head is greenifh 5 the feathers of the breaf> are 

 edged with blue ; the legs and feet are blackifh. 



344 /S. Molucca Red-breafted Parrot. — 14. /2. Pf. haematotus moluccanus. 



The bread is red, varied with yellow j the head, chin, and middle of the belly, are blue. 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 87. n. 17. ft. 



Perruche des Moluques. Buff. oif. vi. 150. PL enl. n. 743. — Orange-breafted Parrot. Lath, 

 fyn. i. 212. n. 14. a. 



Inhabits the Molucca iflands. — The bill is reddifh white, with a yellowifh cere ; the whole head 

 is blue ; the belly is blue on the middle, forming a large fpot. 



345 y. Southern Red-breafted Parrot. — 14. y. Pf haematotus novae-hollandiae. 



The bread is red, varied with yellow; the head, chin, and whole of the belly, are blue. 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 87. n. 17. 7. 



Blue-bellied Parrot. Brown, illuftr. 14. t. 7. Lath. fyn. i. 213. n. 14. b. Phillips voy. to Bot. 

 bay, f. p. 152. 



Inhabits New-holland. — The bill is red, with a yellowifh cere ; the head, neck, and whole of the 



belly are blue. 



