BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 589 



Red-and-afh coloured Parrot. Edw. av. iv. t. 163. Lath. fvn. i. 262. n. 68. B. 



The whole body, and the upper furfaces of the wings, in this variety, are variegated with red and 

 afli colour. 



Inhabits the weftern coaft of Africa. — Is twenty inches long: This fpecies is remarkably loquacious 

 and noify, modulating its voice with great flexibility, and learns eafily to repeat almoft every thing it 

 hears. The bill is black, with a white cere ; the hides are yellowifh white ; the legs and feet are 

 afh coloured, with blackifh claws. 



444 87. Afh headed Parrot. — Pfittacus cinercocephahs. 



Is red, with an afh coloured head, naked cheeks, and brown afh .primary wing quills. 

 Syft. nat. ed. Gm. i. 332. n. 24. 0. Lath. hid. orn. i. no. n. 83. S". 



Pf. ruber. Scop. an. i. 32. n. 31. Lath. fyn. i. 262. n. 68> c. 



Inhabits with the former. — Though this bird be reckoned a variety of the Hoary Parrot both by 

 Dr Gmelin and Mr Latham, it is here feparated, perhaps improperly, on account of the remarkable 

 difference in the prevailing colour: The bill, cere, irides, legs, feet, and claws, agree with the defcrip- 

 tion of thefe in the Hoary Parrot ; on the breaft there are two brown feathers. 



445 88. Cinereous Parrot. — 72. Pfittacus clncrcus. 97. 

 Is entirely of a bluifh afh colour. 



Pf.cinereus. Lath. ind. orn. i. no. n. 84. — Pf. brafilienfis cinereus. Briff. av. iv. 313. n. 50". — 

 Maracana. Will. orn. ang. 112. n. 5. Raj. av.. 29. n. 4. — Cinereous Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 363. 

 n. 69. 



Inhabits Guinea. — This fpecies exceeds the Hoary Parrot in fize. 



446 89. Southern Parrot. — 73. Pfittacus meridionalis. 98. 



Is brown, with a hoary head j the under parts of the neck are chefnut ; the rump and 

 ventlet being brown red. 



Pf. Neftor. Lath, ind. orn. i. no. n. 85. — Southern brown Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 264. n. 70. 



Inhabits New-zealand. — Is fixteen inches long ; the bill is large, much hooked, and blackifh ; the 

 fliafts of the tail quills are naked and {lender at the tips ; the legs and feet are blackifh. 



This defcription, which is taken from Mr Latham, becaufe the fpecies is adopted into the Syftema 

 Naturae from his Synopfis, differs very materially from the one given by Dr Gmelin, which is as fol- 

 lows : The upper parts of the body are 1 greenifh afh ; the under parts are bright bay ; the orbits, 

 crown of the head, hind head, and fcrag of the neck, are afh coloured, the feathers on thefe parts be.- 

 ir.g tipt with brown ; the bill is bluifh black ; the legs and feat are. black- 



417 90. Mafcarine Parrot. — 74. Pfittacus mafcarinus. 49. 



Of an afh colour ; the lower edge of the frontlet being black ; the orbits are naked and 

 ruddy, and the lateral tail quills whitifh at their bafes. 

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