BIRDS, PIES. Parrot. 581 



Pf. novae-hollandiac. Syft. nat. ed. Gm. i. 328. n. 84. Lath. ind. orn. i. 102. n. 59.— Crefted 

 Parrakeet. Lath. fyn. i. 250. n. 51. 



Inhabits New-holland. — Is twelve inches long : The creft is compofed of fix flender feathers, two 

 of which are almoft three inches long, the reft being a good deal fhorter ; behind each eye is a red 

 fpot ; the bill is pale ; the legs and feet are dufky : The body and head of the female are more on 

 the tawny fhade, the rump and tail having tranfverfe grey ftreaks. 



4 10 62. Wallefian Parrot. — Pfittacus ivallicus. 



Is green ; the four middle taill quills are barred with green and black, and the reft with 

 black and yellow. 

 Pf. formofus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 103. n. 60. 



Inhabits New-fouth-wales. — This rare fpecies is fuppofed by Mr Latham to be of the fame fize 

 with the laft : The wing coverts are green, with black and yellow bars ; the wing quills are black on 

 the inner and green on the outer webs, having each two yellow fpots en the middle, except on the 

 three outermoft, which have a fingle yellow fpot on their inner webs, and all thofe fpots are fo ar- 

 ranged as to form an interrupted yellow bar acrofs the wing; the two middle tail quills meafure nine, 

 and the outer ones three, inches in length ; the four middle tail quills are green with above twenty 

 narrow tranfverfe black bars, and the reft are yellow with a good many black bars, the bars grow lefs 

 perceptible towards the tips. This beautiful fpecies is defcribed by Mr Latham from a mutilated 

 fpecimen, which had only the wings and tail. 



411 63. Society Parrot. — 54. Pfittacus ulietinus. 85. 



Is olive-green; with blackifh brown crown, dufky red rump, and dufky tail and wings. 

 Pf. ulietinus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 103. n. 61. — Society Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 250. n. 52. 



Inhabits Ulietea, one of the Society iflands. — Is ten inches and a half long; the bill is blackifh 

 blue, with a black tip ; the wing and tail quills have black edges ; the feathers on the under parts 

 of the body have a yellowifh tinge ; the legs and feet are black* 



412 64. Many- coloured Parrot. — 55. Pfittacus multicolor. 86. 



Is green ; the head, chin, and belly, being blue ; the fore part of the breaft red, its hin- 

 der part and the under furface of the tail yellow, and the neck has a white col- 

 lar. 



Pf. femicollaris. Lath. ind. orn. i. 103. n. 62. — White-collared Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 251. n. 53. 

 Penn. gen. of birds, 4to ed. 59. t. 2. 



Inhabits the iflands of the Indian ocean. — The fize is not mentioned ; the bill is red ; the crown 

 of the head is marked with a white crefcent ; the thighs are variegated with blue and yellow. . 



413 65. Golden Parrot. — 56. Pf aureus. 87. 



Is green ; with golden-yellow crown, the cere and orbits being carnation red. 

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