NEW SOUTH vv;aleSo 
Pacific Paroq^uet^ 
Order and Genus the fame. 
Species LVL 
A new variety. 
Mr. Latham's defcription is this t 
" Length twelve inches, bill of a 111 very bkie ; 
end black : in fome, the forehead and half the crown ; 
in others, the forehead only, of a deep crimfon : behind 
each eye a fpot of the fime colour : on each fide of the 
vent a patch of the fame : the plumage in general of a 
dark green, paleft on the under parts : the tail is cunei- 
form ; the two middle feathers are five inches and an 
half in length ; the outer ones two inches and an half ; 
upper parts of it the fame green with the body ; beneath 
afh colour : the outer edge of the wings, as far as the 
middle of the quills, deep blue ; the ends of the quills 
dufl^y : legs brov/n : claws black." 
Latham's Synopfis, vol. L p. 252. 
The variety here reprefented has a brown bill, tinged 
with red at the end, and a cap of azure blue at the 
back of the head, interfperfed with a few fmall feathers 
of a yellowifli green ; the top of the wings is of a 
yellow hue, and there are no blue feathers in the wingSe 
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