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J»OMPADOUR PARRAKE^T. 



Psittacus atropurpureus. P. atropurpiireus, dorso alls caudaqUc 

 saturate holoserico-viridihus, remigibus primoribus rectricibusque 

 exterioribus cyaneis. Museum Leverianum, p. 140. 



Dark-crimson Parrakeet, with velvet-green back, wings, and tail ^ 

 the larger quill-feathers and exterior tail-feathers blue. 



Pompadour Parrot. Mus, Lev. pi. p. 142. 



Psittacus Tabuensis. P. macr, 'ciridis, capite collo corporeque 

 subtus purpureo-coccineis, cervice basi lunula cwrulea, remigibus 

 rectricibusque cceruleis. Lath* ind, orn, 



Tabuan Parrot. Lath, syn. 



General length about eighteen inches: head, 

 neck^ and whole under parts fine but very deep 

 crimson or pompadour-colour : back, shoulders, 

 scapulars, and tail, deep grass-green, with a rich 

 silky or velvet-like surface ; the two middle tail- 

 feathers slightly clouded with a varying cast of 

 blue ; the two or three exterior ones inclining 

 strongly to this colour : larger wing-feathers deep 

 blue : bill and legs dusky or blackish. Native of 

 New Holland. 



This bird is the Tabuan Parrot of Dr. Latham, 

 who considers the brilliant species before described 

 as a variety of the present. The difference of 

 colour however, and in some degree, of shape, this 

 being of a somewhat more slender habit than the 

 preceding, seem to indicate a specific difference, 

 unless tlje darker colours of the present bird should 

 be merely owing to a less advanced state of age 

 and plumage. 



