RED-BREASTED PARROQUET. 
Edwards appears to have first figured 
and described this fi^ne bird, and he has repre- 
sented it in a very striking and beantifai atti- 
tude. 
The Red-Breasted Parroquet, is the name 
which was originahy given to it by Edwards ; 
and we have, as usual, adopted the appellation 
with the figure.. It is the Psittaeus Hsmatodus^ 
of Linnasus ; the Psittaeus Amboinensis Varia, 
of Brisson; the Blue-Faced Parroquet, of Buf- 
fon; and the Red- Breasted Parrot, of Latham, 
This bird is described by Edwards with his. 
customary precision^ 
" The bill,'^ says this celebrated ornitholo- 
gist, " is of a yellowish white; with a very 
narrow skin over the upper part, in which the 
nostrils are placed : the upper mandible is, 
moderately hooked, and it's edges on the sides 
are waved., The feathers all round the bill are 
blue, and extend a little way over the crown. 
The sides of the head w^here the eyes are 
pkceds* 
