Blue-backed parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus (Raffles), Psittacidae). Watercolour by J. Briois, Bengkulu, 1824, inscribed in pencil at the bottom in Jawi: bayan. British Library, NHD 47.33. http://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2015/03/the-malay-tale-of-the-wise-parrot.html
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Blue-backed parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus (Raffles), Psittacidae). Watercolour by J. Briois, Bengkulu, 1824, inscribed in pencil at the bottom in Jawi: bayan. British Library, NHD 47.33. http://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2015/03/the-malay-tale-of-the-wise-parrot.html
