Oiq BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 



53 2 153. Saphirine Parrot. — 128. Pfittacus galgulus. 46. 



Is green, with a faphire-blue crown ; the rump and bread being fcarlet. 



Pf. galgulus. Amoen. ace. iv. 236. Muf. ad. frid. ii. 16. Ofbec. voy. 101. Lath. ind. orn. i. 

 131. n. 148. — Pfittacula malaccenfis. Briff. av. iv. 386. n. 84.? — Avicula cechini. Aldr. orn. 1. xx. 



560. — Perruche a tete bleue. Buff. oif. vi. 163. — Petite Perruche de Perou. PI. enl. n. 100. f. 2. 



Petit Perruche de Lucjon. Sonner. voy. 76. t. 33. f. inf. — Saphire-crowned Parrakeet. Edw. glean, 

 t. 293. f. 2. Lath. fyn. i. 312. n. 119. A. 



Inhabits the Philippine iflands, and probably in other iflands of the Indian ocean. — This fpecies is 

 fcarcely five inches long, and fometimes a good deal fmaller ; it is very fond of the milky juice of the 

 cocoa-nut, and fleeps fuipended to the branch of a tree by one foot : The bill, legs, and feet are grey ; 

 the wing quills are blue on their under furfaces, except the outer edges which are green; the under 

 furfaces of the tail quills are bluifh; the throat is blood-red. In the female the red colour of the throat 

 and the blue colour of the crown are wanting, thefe parts being of the general green colour of the 

 body. 



533 /3. Philippine Saphirine Parrot. — 128. /3. PJ 'galgulus philippenfis. 



Is green ; with a yeJloWrfh blue head, having a tranfverfe orange bar on the hind head; 

 ,th.e front, under part of the throat, and the tail coverts, being red. Lath. ind. orn. i- 

 131. n. 148. ,8. 



Pfittacula philippenfis. Briff. av. iv. 392. n. 87. t. 30. f. 1. — Coulicaffi. Buff. oif. vi. 169.—. 

 Perruche des Philippines. PI. enl. n. 520. J. 1. 2.— Philippine Parrakeet. Lath. fyn. i. 311, 

 n. 119. 



Inhabits with the former, and is of the fame fize. — The bill, legs, feet, and claws are red; the wing 

 quills are blackifh, with dark green edges ; the tail is rounded, the coverts being almoft equally long 

 with the quill feathers, In the female the head and nape are entirely green, and the cheeks have 

 each a bluifh fpot. Lath. 



534 154. Anaca Parrot. — 129. Pfittacus Anaca. 129. 



Is green above, and reddifh brown underneath ; the crown being chefnut ; the tail and 

 a fpot on the back are pale brown, and the wings are edged with red. 



Pf. Anaca. Lath. ind. orn. i. 131. n. 149. — Pfittacula brafilienfis fufca. Briff. av. iv. 403. n. 93. — 

 Anaca. Raj. ay. 35. n. 8. Will. orn. angl. 117. n. 8. Buff. oif. vi. 260. — Chefnut-crowned Parra- 

 keet. Lath. fyn. i. 314. n. 120. 



Inhabits Brafil and Guiana. — Is about the fize of a Lark : The bill and orbits are brown ; the un- 

 der coverts of the tail are reddifh brown; the tips of the primary wing quills are fea-green; the legs, 

 feet, and claws are blackifh. 



535 155. Purple- tailed Parrot.— 130. Pfittacu s purpuratus. 130. 



Is green, with afli coloured crown and fcrag ; having the rump blue, the tail coverts 

 green and very long, and the tail quills red-purple tipt with black. 



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