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BIRDS. 
Order II. Pies. 
Genus V, Species XIV. 
Var. B. ■ 
Blue Bellied Parrot. 
Defcribed thus by Mr. Latham. 
" The length of this beautiful parrot is fifteen inches. 
The bill is reddiih : orbits black : head and throat dark 
blue, with a mixture of lighter blue feathers : back part 
of the head green ; towards the throat yellow green : 
back and wings green : prime quills dufky, barred with 
yellow : breaft red, mixed with yellow : belly of a fine 
blue : thighs green and yellow : tail cuneiform ; the 
two middle feathers green ; the others the fame, but 
bright yellow on the outer edges : legs dufky. 
Inhabits Botany Bay in New Holland." 
Latham's Synopfis, vol. I, p. 213. 
To this account little need be added, except that in our 
prefent fpecimens the parts there faid to be blue are rather 
a bright lilac : the bill is a deep orange ; and there are 
red fpots on the back between the wings, and a few near 
the vent feathers. 
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