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on the breaff, is alfo blue: the infide of
the quills, and the under fide of the tail,
are of a dark-brown or blackifh colour:
the tips of the tail-feathers on the under
fide are of a yellowifl-brown; the thighs
and coverts beneath the tail green : the
legs, feet, and claws, are black: the toes
are two forwards and two backwards, as
in all other Parrots.
This bird is now living, [A. D. 1754]
and is the property of Mrs. Kennon, Mid-
wife to her Royal Highnefs the Princefs of
Wales.   I take it to be as rare a Parrot as
any I have met with, it being the only one
I have feen of its kind. I believe it hath
never till now been either figured or de-
fcribed.
deff/os  de la   queu, e/l bruit fonce6     oti
noirdtre:   lextremit' des    plumes   de   la
ueue e/l en dleJ~ous d'un bru   jaunntre: les
cuifes et les plumes de couverture du deflous de
la queus; fint vertes: lesjambes, les pieds, et
les ongles font 7n;',s: les doi'ts Jont p/aces
deux devant et deux derriere, comme les ont
tous les autres Perroquets.
Cet oifeau etoit vivant en I 754.     lap.-
partenoit a Mad. Kennon, Sage-.femme de
fon Altefe Royale la Prince/fe de Gales. )/e
crois que ce Perroquet eil des plus rares que
ja'e jamais vuis, etant le Jeul de jon efpdce
quej'aye rencontre jufqu'd prefent. Je crois
qu'iin'a encore jamais cti reprnfent! ni decrit.
CHAP. XXII. PLA. z3z.
77,e Red-breafled Parrakeet.
Iave taken two third parts of the na-
tural meafure of this bird, in order to
reduce it to a Iize proper for the copper-
plate; fo that the vifible fuperficial appear-
ance of the figure before you, in proportion
to my drawing of the fize of nature, is as
4 to 9; but, if the folid quantity of a figure
of this reduced fize be compared with that
of its natural bignefs, it will be as 8 to 27.
The bill is of a yellowifh-wbite, with a
very narrow fkin over the upper part, in
which the noftrils are placed: the upper
mandible is moderately hooked, and its
edges on the fides waved: the feathers all
La Perruche 'a Ejomach Rozge.
I A I pris les deux tiers de la mefure na-
turelle de cet oie'au, afn de le re'duire
a une grandeur proportionne'e a la planche;
de forte que la fuperficie que l'on vou ici, eJ?
au djfrmn que j'en ai tire de grandeur na-
turelle, coimme quatre a' neuf; mais /i l'on
laffoit une figure folide felon cette redudion,
et u'Oan la conipardt avec une figure flide
de grandcur naturelle, la proportion feroit
comme de hubt a' vingt-fept.
Le bec de cet oifeau el d'un blancjaundtre:
il y a Jur Ja     partie Juperieure une peau
fori etroite, o'i les nafeaux font places: cette
partie Jtpeprieure efl me'diocrement crochue,
et les bords, de cote et d'autre, en fiont ondes
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