Psittacus Papuensis. P. coccineus, alis caudaque mridibus, nucha: 

 atrocceruleo, laterihus rectricibusque luteo variis. 



Scarlet Parrakeet, with green wings and tail, the hind-head varied 

 with deep-blue, the sides of the body and tail with deep 

 yellow. 



Psittacus Papuensis. Papuan Lory. Lath, 

 Perruche Lori-Papou. Levaill. pi, 77» 



Deschibed hy Sonnerat : length sixteen inches r 

 bill red : head, neck, breast, and belly carmine- 

 colour : on the back of the head a blue spot, be- 

 yond which are two black crescents ; wings grass- 

 green, the colour extending across the middle of 

 the back : lower part of the back red, with a blue 

 stripe down the middle: on each side the wing, 

 at the base is an oblong yellow spot; and above 

 each thigh a large yellow spot ; tail longer thaa 

 the rest of the bird, and green for two-thirds, the 

 remainder being yellow: legs red. Native of 

 Papua or New Guinea, where two or three varieties 

 of this species are said to have been observed ; in 

 one of which a broad black bar, edged with green 

 on its upper part, passed across the belly ; and in 

 another the tail was shorter than described by 

 Sonnerat; the rump blue; the hind part of the 

 neck blackish-blue; the thighs yellow, and the 

 breast marked by a yellow spot : in others the blue- 

 black marks on the hind part of the head were want- 

 ing j the middle of the belly was green ; and the 



