5 6$ BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 



Pf. guebiecfisjanthinus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 90. n. 24. /3. — Perroquet violet, Ferm. furin. ii. 175. — 

 Violet Lory. Lath. fyn. i. 220. n. 21. A. 



Inhabits South America, on the banks of the river Amazons. — The bill is black, and the irides are 

 golden yellow : Mr Latham, at the fame time that he ranks this as a variety only of the laft, marks 

 his fufpicion that it may poffibly be a diftinct fpecies ; the great diverfity of the two places in which 

 they are found ftrongly confirms this idea. 



360 24. Variegated Parrot. — 23. Pfittacus variegatus. 62. 



The prevailing colour is fcarkt; the nape of the neck, beginning of the back, the breaft 

 and belly, are bluifli purple ; the wings are red above, and yellow beneath ; the tail 

 is green. 

 Pf. variegatus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 90. n. 25 — Variegated Lory. Lath. fyn. i. 220. n. 22. 



Inhabits India. — Is from ten to eleven inches long ; the bill is dufky ; the pofterior part of the 

 belly verges towards greenifh black ; the tail quills are reddiih on the inner webs near the bafe, and 

 blue on the exterior webs near the tips. 



361 25. Pennantian Parrot. — Pfittacus Pennantii. 



Is fcarlet ; the fore part of the back is black, waved with fcarlet ; the fides and throat 

 are blue; the wing quills are each marked with a white fpot. Lath, incLorn. i. 90. 

 n. 26. Syn. fup. 61. 



Inhabits New-fouth-wales. — Is fifteen inches long ; the lefTer wing coverts are bluifh green ; the 

 outer tail quills are tipt with white. In the female the crown of the head is of a blood red colour j 

 the back and belly are green ; the thighs and ventlet are red. 



3^ 2 /2. Phillips Pennantian Parrot. — Pf. Pennantii Phillippi. 



The middle of each wing is marked with a pale band. Lath. ind. orn. i. 91. n. 26. p. Phil- 

 lip, Bot. bay, f. p. 154. 



Inhabits with the former, and is about the fame fize. — This variety refembles the former very 

 much, being of a fcarlet colour on the head, neck, and under parts of the body ; the back is black, 

 its feathers being edged with crimfon ; the chin, wings, and tail are blue ; the wing coverts are pale 

 blue, and a pale blue band ftretches obliquely from thence through the wing ; the under coverts of 

 the wings are black ; the wing and tail quills are black, the outer webs being blue ; the three outer 

 tail quills on each fide have the lower half of the exterior web of a pale hoary blue ; the lower parts 

 of the thighs are blue ; the legs and feet are dufky, with black claws. 



363 26. Splendid Parrot. — Pfittacus gloriofus. 



Is bright blood red, the back feathers being edged with black j the chin, wings, and 

 tail, are blue. 



Pf. gloriofus, or Splendid Parrot. Nat. mif. N°. xviii. t. 53. 



Inhabits 



