P lace.,
140.
■ EASTERN PARROT.
D e s c r i p t i o n .
P l a c e .
141.
GRISLED PARROT.
D e s c r i p t i o n .
P l a c e .
142.
BLUE-CHEEKED
PARROT.
D e s c r i p t io n .
Inhabits New Holland. In the colle&ion o f Sir JoJeph Banks,
who brought it with him from thence into England, on his return
from his voyage round the world. It moft certainly differs from
the Ceylonefe Black Cockatoo ; but is probably the fame with that
mentioned by Mr. Parkinjon, in his voyage *.
g I Z E o f the Amazon's Parrot. Bill red, tip yellow : general colour
o f the plumage green : ridge of the wing and prime quills
pale blue: towards the end of the tail black and blue, the tip
yellow: legs yellow.
Inhabits India.— Lady Impey.
La grande Perruche de fa Chine, Svn. V oy. 'b id . Vol. ii. p. 21 z.
'j^ 'H I S is a trifle fmaller than the Amazon's Parrot. The bill
is as large as the head, and red : irides blueifh : the head and
breaft are o f a pale greenifh grey : hind part o f the neck, back,
wings, and tail, grafs green: the lefler wing coverts yellow: legs
grey.
Inhabits China.
J ^ E N G T H eleven inches and a half. Bill and crown of the
head ftraw-colour: cheeks fine light blue : upper part o f the
back black, ftreaked with yellow; the lower, pale yellow : fcapu-
lars black : wing coverts and quills rich deep blue, tinged with
* P. 144*
green :
green : breaft and belly green : vent red: exterior feathers of the
tail blue, tinged with, and marked near the fhafts with rows of
fmall dark fpots; the middle ones of a duller green : legs dufky.
Communicated by Mr. Pennant. Native place uncertain.
Hi-.
COCHIN-CHI-
• 1 NA P.
BI L L yellow: crown o f the head, part of the neck, breaft, „ *T. _ 3 r 3 D e s c r i p t io n .
back, thighs, and vent, of a fine mazarine blue: napefcarlet,
bounded below with blue: forehead, chin, throat, breaft, middle o f
the belly, coverts of the wings, fcarlet; a black bar croffes the
coverts; the reft of the wings, and tail, black j the laft even at
the end: legs black.
Inhabits Cochin-China.— Lady Impey. P l a c e .
' 44-
AMBER P.
D e s c r i p t io n ,
P l a c e .
' 45-
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back part o f it, and nape, dulky j reft o f the neck green,
marked with yellow ftreaks : belly the fame, but paler: wings
and tail green : thighs red : legs alh-colour.
Inhabits Batavia.— Lady Impey.
O I Z E o f a Starling. The bill and legs yellowilh; the tip o f PARROT.
the firft reddilh: irides fulvous : the hind part o f the neck, D e s c r i p t io n *
back, wings, and tail, a moft brilliant green: top o f the head,
part of the belly and Tides, and thighs, purplilh blue : the reft of
the head, and fore part o f the neck, crimfon : the breaft and upper
part of the belly red and fulvous mixed : tail Ihort, very little
rounded at the end.
Suppl. K This