BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 5S3 



419 g. Carlfonian Pacific Parrot. — Pf pacificus Carlfonianus. 



The hind head, a fpot on each fide below the eyes, and the fides of the belly, are fcarlet. 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 104. n. 65. 1. 



Pfittacus Novae-zealandiae. Muf. carlf. ii. t. 28. 



Inhabits New-zealand. — The fides of the belly are fpotted with fcarlet ; the under furfaces of the 



wings and tail are brown. 



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4 20 £• Phillipine Pacific Parrot. — Pf. pacificus Phillip'inus. 



The crown is blue; the hind head is fpotted with yellowifh green; the ihoulders are 

 edged with yellow. 



Pf. auftralis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 104. n. 66. — Pacific Paroquet, or Parrakeet. Phillips, Bot. bay, 

 t. p. 155. 



Inhabits New-fouth-wales. — The bill is brown, tinged at the tip with red ; the cap on the crown 

 of the head is azure blue, interfperfed at the back part with a few fmall yellowifh green feathers ; 

 the fhoulders, or upper and fore parts of the wings, are yellowifh. 



421 6S. Palm Parrot. — 59. Pfittacus palm arum. 89. 



Is green, with red bill, legs, and feet ; the wing quills being edged and tipt with black. 

 Pf. palmarum Lath. ind. orn. i. 105. n. 68. — Palm Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 253. n. 57. 



Inhabits the ifland of Tanna in the Pacific Ocean. — This fpecies, which frequents the palm trees, 

 is eight inches long, and the tail is rather fhorter than the body ; the green colour on the lower parts 

 of the body is paler than on the upper, and the belly and extremity of the tail have a yellowifh tinge. 



4 22 69. Blue-crefted Parrot.— 60. Pfittacus auftralis. 90. 



Is green ; the crown being blue and ornamented with a crefl of longifh feathers ; the 

 chin and middle of the belly are red, and the thighs are purple. 



Pf. pipilans. Lath. ind. orn. i. 105. n. 69. — Blue-crefted Parrakeet. Lath. fyn. i. 254. n. 58. — 

 Pf. porphyrocephalus, or Purple headed Parrakeet. Nat. mifc. N°. i. t. 1. 



Inhabits the Sandwich Iflands. — The body is about the fize of a Lark, and, with the tail, meafures 

 fix inches and a half long ; it is very beautiful, and has a chirping voice : The bill is orange colour- 

 ed ; the fore-head pale green ; the two middle tail quills are green, with yellow tips, the reft being 

 yellowifh with green edges and tips ; the legs and feet are dufky, with black claws. — This fpecies is 

 fubject to variety, in fome the breaft is brown ; in others the cheeks, chin, throat, breaft, and belly 

 are tinged with fcarlet, and in thefe the thighs are green. Lath. 

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423 70. Peregrine Parrot. — Pjittacus peregrinus. 



Is green ; having a longitudinal brown fpot on each wing. Lath. ind. orn. i. 105. n. 67. 



4 E 2 Peregrine 



