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BIRDS. PIES, Parrot. 



Pf. rnafcarinus. MantiiT. 1771. p. 524. Brifi°. av. iv. 315. n. 52. Lath. ind. orn. i. 111. n. 87. — 

 Mafcarin. Buff. oil", vi. 120. t. 5. PI. enl. n. 35. — Mafcarine Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 265. n. 72. 



Inhabits Mafcarin in Barbary. — Is thirteen inches and a half long : The bill, cere, legs, and feet, 

 are ruddy ; the claws are grey ; the crown of the head and fcrag of the neck are reddiih : Mr La- 

 tham fays that the prevailing colour is brown, the face black, the head bluifh, and the tail quills dark 

 aih coloured. 



448 91. Brown Parrot.— 75. Pfdtacus fufcus. 99. 



Is entirely of a brown aih colour. 



Pf. fufcus. BrifT. av. iv. 314. n. 51. Lath. ind. orn. i. in. n. 88. — Brown Parrot. Lath. fyn. L 

 266. n. 73. 



Its habitation is uncertain. — This fpecies meafures thirteen inches and a half long. 



449 92. Ceram Parrot. — 76. Pfittacus garrulus. 25. 



Is fcarlet, with aih coloured orbits, and green knees and wings, the extreme half of the 

 tail being blue. 



Pf. garrulus. Muf. ad. frid. ii. 14. It. W. goth. 137. Borowfk. nat. ii. 91. n. 6. Lath. ind. orn. 

 1.13. n. 96. — Lorius ceramerifis. Briff. av. iv. 215. n. 13. — Lori de Ceram. Buff. oif. vi. 129. var. 

 2. — ;Ganz rother Papagay. Frifch, av. t. 45. — Lory. Raj. av. '151. n. 5. — Purple Parrot. Gharlet, 

 exerc. 75. n. 16. — Scarlet Parrakeeto. Will. orn. ang. 1 1 7;. — Ceram Lory. Lath. fyn. i. 269. n. 76. 



• 

 Inhabits the Molucca iflands. — Is a little more than ten inches long : The bill is orange, with an 



afh coloured cere ; the irides are yellow ; the legs and feet are brown, with black claws ; the wing 



coverts are variegated with yellow and green ; the primary wing quills are dufky green, having their 



inner webs fcarlet, and their tips afh coloured ; the two middle tail quills are green at the bafe, and 



red for the reft of their length with green dots ; the next quill on each fide is red for two-thirds 



of its length and then green ; the reft are fcarlet at the bafe, and violet farther on, with dufky green 



dots. 



450 j3. Noira Ceram Parrot.- — 76. j3. Pf. garrulus aurorae. 



Is fcarlet, with black and green wings, the firft half of the tail being yellow, and the 

 extreme half green. Syft. nat. ed. x. n. 22. Lath. ind. orn. i. 113. n. 96. ji. 



Pf. coccineus orientalis. Raj. av. "31. n. 9. — Lori-Noira variete. Buff. oif. vi. 129. var. 1. — 

 Pappagallo. Zinnan. uov. 92. t. 15. f. 82. — Noira Lory. Lath. fyn. i. 270. n. 76. a. 



Inhabits with the former, and is of the fame fize. — The. legs and feet in this -variety are black; the 

 wing coverts are green, without variegation •, the tips of the wing quills are black, and in other re- 

 fpects refemble thofe of the former already defcribed ; the tail at its bafe refembles the former, but 

 its extreme half is yellow, with a yellowifh green tip. 



45 l y. Scarlet Ceram Parrot. — 76. y. Pf. garrulus moluccenfis. 



Is fcarlet, the fhculJers being fpotted with yellow. Briff. av. iv. 210. n. 14. t. 23. f. 1. Lath. 

 ind. orn. \. 1 14. n. 96. y. 



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