BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 



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Inhabits Borneo. — Is twelve inches long ; the bill is reddifh, its under mandible being black ; the 

 cere and orbits are afh coloured ; the fore-head is alii coloured, with a green fpot, and havino- a 

 black line acrofs from one eye to the other ; the wing coverts are marked with a red fpot ; the inner 

 edges of the wing quills are blue ; the legs, feet, and claws are afh coloured. Mr Latham gives a 

 different defcription of this variety, faying that the head is purplifh blue, its fore part being green, 

 with a black crofs line ; each cheek is marked at its lower part with an oblique black bar ; the under 

 part of the throat and breaft are reddilh chefnut. 



394 cT. Malacca Red headed Parrot. — 43. J\ Pf. erythrocephalus malaccenfis. 



Is yellowifli green ; the hind head and orbits being rofe coloured. Lath. ind. orn. i. 100. 

 n. 50. I. 



Grande Perruche a long brins. Buff. oif. vi. 155. — Perruche de Malac. PL enl. n. 887. — Ma- 

 lacca Parrakeet. Lath. fyn. i. 241. n. 39. c. fup. 60. 



Inhabits Malacca. — Is fixteen inches long ; the bill is reddilh ; the wing coverts are bluifh green 

 in the middle ; in this variety the black line, which in all the others ftretches from the fauces to- 

 wards the crown of the head, is wanting. 



395 47. Spot- necked Parrot. — Pfittacus bimaculatus. 



Is green j having two oblong black fpots on the neck, and a large fulphur yellow fpot 

 on each wing. Muf. carlf. ii. t. 30. Lath. ind. orn. i. 99. n. 49. 



Its place uncertain. — Is eleven inches long ; the bill is pale blood red; the fore-head, chin, throat, 

 cheeks, and fides of the neck are orange yellow ; the chin and throat are marked on each fide with a 

 large oval black fpot, reaching from the bafe of the bill to the beginning of the breaft, and with a 

 number of fmall black fpots ; the yellow fpot on each wing is occafioned by the edges of the quill 

 feathers being yellow. 



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396 48. Brown-fronted Parrot. — 44. Pfittacus pJumbeiis. 75. 



Is green j the bill, orbits, legs, and feet, being lead coloured ; the front, cheeks, and 

 chin, are brown ; the edges and tips of the tail quills are blue. Lath. ind. orn. i. 95. 

 n. 38. 0. 

 Brown-fronted Parrakeet. Lath. fyn. i. 243. n. 41. a. 



Inhabits the tropical regions of America — Is eleven inches and a half long; the'irides are chef- 

 nut or yellowifh brown; the crown is bluifh; the edges of the wing quill feathers are blue. Dr Gme- 

 lin fufpefts this may be a variety of the Brown-throated Parrot, N°. 381. and Mr Latham ranges it 

 as fuch. 



297 49. Buff-fronted Parrot. — Pjittacus bubalinus. 



Is green above, and yellowifh green beneath ; having a yellowifh brown or buff colour- 

 ed forehead. Lath. ind. orn. i. 95. n. 37. fi. Ger. orn. ii. 29. t. 127. ? 



Perruche a front jaune. PI. enl. n. 838. — Buff-fronted Parrakeet. Lath. fyn. fup. 61. n. 135. 



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