122 



PARROT. 



25 — JAVAN PARROT. 



Psittacus Osbeckii, Ind. Orn. i. 87. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 182. 



■ — Javanicus, Osb. It. i. 101. Id. Engl. 156. Gm. Lin. i. 321. 



Javan Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 237. 37. E Shaw's Zool. viii. 426. 



A TRIFLE less than the last ; upper mandible red ; lower pale 

 yellow ; cere black ; head every where covered with short pale blue 

 feathers and pale yellow ; temples black ; all the other parts grass 

 green, except the throat and breast, which are pale red ; five of the 

 wing coverts are yellow, but the wings are light grey beneath ; tail 

 yellowish ; legs greenish grey. 



Inhabits Java, where it is universally exposed to sale. — Mr. 

 Osbeck thinks it to be a variety of the Alexandrine Parrot. It seems 

 to have most affinity with the Azure-headed species. 



26.— RED-BREASTED PARROT. 



Psittacus haematodus, Ind. Orn. i. 87. Lin. Mant. 524. Gm. Lin.'i. 316. 

 — — — moluccensis variegatus, Spalowsck. Vog. ii. f. 10. 

 Psittaca amboinensis varia, Bris. iv. 364. Id. 8vo. ii. 141. 



Perruche a face bleu d'Amboine, Bvf. vi. 150. PI. enl. 61. Levail. Perr. i. 96; pi. 47. 

 Red-breasted Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 212. Edw. pi. 232. Shaiv's Zool. viii. 415. Nat. 

 Misc. 21. pi. 917. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill yellowish white ; tongue ciliated 

 at the end ; cere yellowish ; feathers round the bill, half the crown 

 above, and the chin beneath deep blue ; rest of the head, neck, and 

 upper parts of the body green ; behind the neck a yellow ring ; fore 

 part of the neck and breast fine orange-red, edged with deep blue ; 

 upper part of the belly deep green, the lower yellow-green, marked 



