PARROT. 233 



Aldrovandus, from whom others have taken their descriptions, 

 does not say where it is found ; but Brisson, mistaking it for the 

 Perroquet violet of Barrere, which inhabits Guiana, makes it of 

 course a native of that country. 



A. — In SjwlowscMs Vog. 3. t. 7, — the orbits and base of the 

 bill are white ; head, neck, and breast blue ; the rest of the plumage 

 green, except the vent, and two-thirds of the tail next the base, 

 which are crimson. 



174— GREEN AND RED CHINESE PARROT. 



Psittacus Sinensis, Ind. Orn. i. 117, Gm. Lin. i. 337. Bris. iv. 291. Id. 8vo. ii. 120. 



Grand Perroquet vert de la nouv. Guinee, Son. Voy. 174. 1. 108. 



Perroquet vert de la Chine, Buf. vi. 116. Pi. enl. 514. 



Red-sided Parrot, Shaw's Zool. viii. 490. 



Green and red Chinese Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 278. Edw. pi. 231. 



SIZE large, Bill red above, with a yellowish tip, the under 

 mandible black; orbits, and place of the cere, covered with feathers; 

 irides orange ; plumage wholly green, except the sides to the thighs, 

 and under the wing coverts, which are fine deep crimson ; edge of 

 the wing, and some of the greater coverts and quills blue ; tail dark 

 green, mixed with blue above, and brown beneath ; legs black. 



Inhabits the southern provinces of China, and Amboina, but is 

 not common; BufFon received it from the Moluccas, and New 

 Guinea ; and Sonnerat fixes it as a native of the last named place. 



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