SAPPHIRE-CROWNED PARROQUET. 
with the head hanging downwards. It lives 
on Gallon ; a kind of white liquor, which is 
obtained, in the East Indies, from the Cocoa 
.Tree, by making an incision near the foot 
Stalks which support the fruit. A hollow 
bamboo is fixed to the extremity of the branch, 
to colle6l the sap ; which, when first drawn, 
is pleasant, and resembles the taste of new 
cyder. It appeared to us," concludes BuiFon, 
that we ought to refer to the same species 
the bird mentioned by Aldrovandus ; of which, 
the crown of the head was a fine blue, the 
rump red, and the rest of the plumage green : 
but, as that naturalist does not take notice of 
the half-collar, or of the red on the breast ; 
and also says, that it came from Malacca ; it 
was, perhaps, of a diiFerent though closely re- 
lated species.'* 
This bird, which is the Psittacus Galgulus 
of Linnseus, is confounded with the Psittaccus 
Galgulus Phllippensis, called by BufFon the 
Coulicassi, and by Latham the Philippine Par- 
roquet. They appear to be varieties of the 
same species : both inhabiting the Philippine 
Islands, and being of the same size. 
The 
