126 PARROT. 



coverts red ; tail cuneiform, and longer than the rest of the bird ; 

 the two middle feathers green for two-thirds of the length, the rest 

 half way from the base, green without, red within, and yellow to the 

 end ; legs bright red. 



Inhabits Papua and New Guinea. 



A.—Fnd. Orn. i. 88. 20. j3 Gen. St/n. i. p. 215. 17. A. 



This varies in having the breast inclined to purple ; across the 

 belly a band of black, edged with green on the upper parts ; the 

 middle tail feather eleven inches long, the outer only three inches. 

 In the Collection of Sir Joseph Banks. 



B.— Lid. Orn. i. p. S9. 21. y Gen. Syn. i. p. 215. 17. B. 



Iii this the hind part of the neck is blue-black ; general colour of 

 the plumage scarlet ; on the middle of the back, between the wings, 

 a small yellow spot ; between that and the rump blue, with a mixture 

 of green ; sides of the body and thighs yellow ; wings green ; quills 

 dusky. 



C.—Ind. Orn. i. p. 89. 20. i. Gen. Syn. i. p. 216, 17. C. 



This wants the blue-black on the hind head ; middle of the belly 

 green ; the yellow on the sides almost fonns a crescent on the breast ; 

 wings and tail in the others. The two last varieties are in the 

 British Museum. In var. C. the colour of the back is uncertain, as 

 that part was covered by the wings in the preserved specimen. 



D. — Length nine inches. Bill red ; top of the head blue ; body 

 in general crimson ; middle of the back inclining to yellow ; belly 



