PARROT. 157 



65 —LACE-WINGED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus olivaceus, Ind. Orn. i. 97. Gm. Lin. i. 326. 



. — minor, Psittacula Lucionensis. Gerin. ii. 1. 130. 



Perruche a Ailes chamarees, Biif.vi, 151. PI. enl. 2S7. Leoail. Perr.'i. 120. pi. 60. 



Lace-winged Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 244. Shaw's Zool. viii. 421. var. 



LENGTH near twelve inches. Bill red ; plumage in general 

 olive brown ; on the hindhead a blue spot ; wings blue, green, and 

 orange, the blue occupies the middle, the others the edges; tail 

 cuneiform, one-third the length of the bird, and the wings reach to 

 the middle of it, which is not common, being usually very short ; 

 legs dusky. 



Inhabits Luzonia, with the last, to which it is probably related ; 

 but this is uncertain, for want of more particular description. 



60— GREAT-BILLED PARROT. 



Psittacus macrorynchos, Ind. Orn.i. 117. Gm.Lin.i. 338. 

 Perroquet a Bee couleur de Sang-, Buf. vi. 122. 

 — — — — de la nouvelle Guinee, PI. enl. 713. Lev ail. Perr. pi. 83. 

 Great-billed Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 278. Shaw's Zool. viii. 530. pi. 79. Nat. Misc. xxi. 

 pi. 921. 



LENGTH fourteen inches. Bill blood-colour, very thick and 

 broad, more so than in any other Parrot ; head and neck fine green, 

 with a gilded gloss ; beneath yellow, shaded with green \ back blue 

 green ; wing coverts black, margined and variegated with gilded 

 yellow ; quills dull blue ; tail green, beneath and at the end yellow ; 

 shape moderately cuneiform ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits New-Guinea. 



