. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . s. Plittacus Neftor. Lath. Ind, Orn. p. Meridionalis. Gmel. SyJl. Nat. i. p. 223- g^ A R E A T licet hie pfittacus forma elegantiore lautioribufque coloribus^-^ quibus reliquum plerumque genus infignitur, pretium tamen ei quodam-modo facit raritas; cum ex iis fit fpeciebus quas immenfa ilia Novas Hollan-dia2 infula phyficis Europsis nuperrime fuppeditavit. Color primarius eft faturatim fufcus, colic antico, abdominifque parte poftc- riore rubro-ferrugineis ; qui color in nonnullis ipeciminibus totum etiam collum . : No. II. N torqu
. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . s. Plittacus Neftor. Lath. Ind, Orn. p. Meridionalis. Gmel. SyJl. Nat. i. p. 223- g^ A R E A T licet hie pfittacus forma elegantiore lautioribufque coloribus^-^ quibus reliquum plerumque genus infignitur, pretium tamen ei quodam-modo facit raritas; cum ex iis fit fpeciebus quas immenfa ilia Novas Hollan-dia2 infula phyficis Europsis nuperrime fuppeditavit. Color primarius eft faturatim fufcus, colic antico, abdominifque parte poftc- riore rubro-ferrugineis ; qui color in nonnullis ipeciminibus totum etiam collum . : No. II. N torque ( s^ ) torque angufto circumdat. Capitis vertex canefcit. Dorfum, ate, caudaquecinereo-fufca, non fine viroris obfcurioris veftigio, cui fuperinducitur cupreusquidam fplendor. Cinguntur oculi fpatio nudo albicante feu cinereo. Roftrum maximum, peraduncum, plumbeo-nigricat; nec longe ab hoc co-lore recedunt crura pedefque. Notandum eft extremitates pennarum coloriscfle faturatioris, unde fit ut tota avis quafi ftriata feu undulata videatvr. THE. rSlTTACHTS xW^ TKAXiIS . THE SOTnTHEK.:^ .BTRO^VfT PAKKOT. I ( 37 ) THE SOUTHERN BROWN PARROT. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill hooked. Upper mandible round, placed in the bale of the flcfliy, broad, blunt at tlte end. L(EGs fliort. Toes formed for climbing, viz. two forward, and twobackward. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. Short-tailed brown Parrot, with greyifli head, the fore part of the neckand lower part of the abdomen dull red. Southern brown Parrot. Lath. Syn, i. p. 264, f 1^ H E Parrot figured on the prefent plate, tho lefs diftinguiflied either*• by beauty of colour or elegance of fliape than moft others of the genus,is ^ et highly important from its rarity; being one of the fpecies whichthe ample regions of New Holland have lately afforded. Its prevailing colour is a darkifh brown j the fore part of the neck andthe lower part of the abdomen are of a deep ferruginous rcdj and in fome N 2 fpecimens ( 88 ) fpecime
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