PLATE LXXXI. 



Tabuan Parrot : Cook's Last Voyage^ l, p. Lath. Syn, 



l.p. 214. 16. 7. 



Tabuan Parrot : Phillip's Voyage Botany Bay, p, 153 White's 

 Journal. 



The trivial name of Tabuan Parrot, by which this noble species 

 is distinguished, is derived from Tongo Tabboo, the name of one of 

 the Friendly Isles in the South Seas, where it was discovered 

 by Capt. Cook in his last voyage round the world. The prevailing 

 hues of this bird were darker than those of the bird now before us, 

 and which, though not specifically different, is distinguished by the 

 more lively brilliancy of its plumage. This latter variety is a native 

 of New Holland, was first introduced to notice by Governor Phillips, 

 and subsequently by Mr. White in his voyage to New South Wales. 

 The most striking difference between those two birds is perceptible 

 in the more rich and vivid tints of the Green colour on the back and 

 wings in the last discovered kind, but more particularly in the fine 

 scarlet colour of the head, neck, breast and belly of the latter, those 

 parts in the bird first met with not being of a deep purple but a very 

 fine scarlet ; it has also a blue lunular band at the back of the Heck, 

 and the back of the same colour. 



The length of this fine species is about eighteen inches ; the 

 bird we have represented is the male : the female of the species, 

 according to Mr. White, is nearly all green, the head, neck, and 

 under parts olive brown ; belly red ; rump blue ; tail above green, 

 beneath dusky. 



