. A general synopsis of birds . lled a Maccaw, as he obfervesthat there are none in that part of the world. Seba fays, his bird came from. Papua, Pl. VII. T ENGTH nineteen inches. Bill black : the forehead very Description. J_j ... - dark purplifh black : chin and throat dufky purple : round the bafe of the under mandible the feathers, which project over it, are green ; the reft of the head, neck, breaft, and belly, very deep crimfon: back, rump, and wing coverts, fine deep green : on the lower part of the neck, between that and the back, a crefcent of blue: the baftard wing, and prime quills,
. A general synopsis of birds . lled a Maccaw, as he obfervesthat there are none in that part of the world. Seba fays, his bird came from. Papua, Pl. VII. T ENGTH nineteen inches. Bill black : the forehead very Description. J_j ... - dark purplifh black : chin and throat dufky purple : round the bafe of the under mandible the feathers, which project over it, are green ; the reft of the head, neck, breaft, and belly, very deep crimfon: back, rump, and wing coverts, fine deep green : on the lower part of the neck, between that and the back, a crefcent of blue: the baftard wing, and prime quills, are fine deep blue; fecondaries green, fringed with blue : tail cuneiform ; the two middle feathers eight inches in length, of a deep blue, deeply margined with green, with ends of the laft colour; all the others deep blue ; the fhafts of all of them black: the legs dufky. Placi. This is a beautiful fpecies, and is found at Tonga Tabboo, and . the other. Friendly JJles in the South Seas. * -Hifl. dis oif. vi. p. 202. L« 3(er/tuwi r /?r/Tr>f. PARROT. 215 Le petit Lori Papou, Son. Voy. p. 175. t. in» 17. PAPUAN LORY. IZE of the Lory Parrakeet: length fixteen inches. Bill , Iharp at the end, and of a red colour : head, neck,and breaft, of a bright carmine red : on the back part of thehead- a fpot of blue; beneath this are two crefcents of black:wings green, fhort; the green colour extends acrofs the middleof the back, forming there a large fpot; the reft of the back tothe tail is of a bright red, with a ftreak of blue down the middle :on each fide of the wing, juft at the bafe, is an oblong yellowfpot, and juft above each thigh a large fpot of the fame: thebelly and under tail coverts are red : tail cuneiform, and longerthan all the reft of the bird; it is green for two thirds of itslength, the reft yellow : legs of a bright red. Inhabits Papua. Place. CIR Jofepb Banks is in pofleffidn of one of thefe birds, which - anfwers to the above defcription;
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