$66 BIRDS. , PIES. Parrot. 



350 18. Papuan Parrot. — 17. Pfittacus papuenfis. 57. 



The head, neck, and bread, are red; the hind head is marked with a blue fpot and two 

 black femilunar bars; the wings and part of the back are green; the reft of the back, 

 the belly, and tip of the tail, are red. 



Pi", papuenfis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 88. n. 20. — Petit Lori papon. Sonner, voy. 1 75. t. 1 1 1 — Papuan 

 Lory. Lath. fyn. i. 215. n. 17. 



Inhabits Papua, in New-guinea. — Is fixteen inches long; the bill, legs, and feet are red; the wings 

 are fhort ; the hind part of the back is marked in the middle with a longitudinal ftreak, which is 

 red at the fides and blue in the middle ; the wings are each marked, near the origin, with an ob- 

 long yellow fpot ; the plumage of the thighs is yellow ; the firft two-thirds of the tail is green, its 

 extreme third being yellow, 



351 (i. Purpie-breafted Papuan Parrot. — 17. /3. Pf. papuenfis porphyr oft ethos. 



The breaft is purplifh ; the belly is crofted by a black bar edged with green. Lath. ind. 

 orn. i. 88. n. 20. /3. Syn. i. 215. n. 17. a. 



Inhabits with the former., — The black band on the belly is edged on its fore or upper part with green. 



352 y. Black-backed Papuan Parrot. — 17. y. Pf. papuenfis melanonotos. 



Is fcarlet ; the hinder part of the back is bluifh black ; the back is marked with a yel- 

 low fpot between the wings. Lath. ind. orn. i. 89. n. 20. y. Syn. i. 215. n. 17. b. 



Inhabits with the former. — The crown of the head is bluifh black ; the fore part of the back is 

 blue, varied with green ; the fides and the thighs are yellow. 



25$ £. Green-bellied Papuan Parrot. — 17. J\ Pf. papuenfis chlorogafter. 



The middle part of the belly is green. Lath. ind. orn. i. 89. n. 20. $. Syn. i. 215. n. 17. c. 

 Inhabits with the former. — The breaff. is marked with an interrupted crefcent of a yellow colour. 



354 19. Borneo Parrot. — 18. Pfittacus borneus. 11. 



Is red ; the wing and tail quills being tipt with green ; the wings have each a remark- 

 able blue fpot ; the orbits are brown. 



Pf. borneus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 89. n. 21. — Pfittaca coccinea bonarum fortunar.um infulae. BrifT. 

 av. iv. 373. n. 77. — Lori-perruche rouge. Buff. oif. vi. 137. n. 1. — Long-tailed fcarlet Lory. Edw. 

 av. t. 173. Lath. fyn. i. 216. n. 18. 



Inhabits India. — Is nine inches and a half long ; the bill is orange ; the fpace round the eyes is 

 brown and naked; the wing quills are varied with green and blue dots; the two outer tail quills have 

 a greenifh tinge; the under tail coverts are red, with blue edges : The crown, fcrag, and breaft have 

 a violet tinge ; the legs and feet are brown. 



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