PLATYCERcfPRlpiLEATUS, Vie-
Red-capped Parrakeet.
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Blue Parrot of ' '
£ " “ " I " l„rm is adapted M | j W l M
? g g g g g j a j “ * « * ' - a s placed b yM , Wtmm, Parr;keet I,a inhabitant °f SI HBB WH ■H d:8persed over t b ^ c g u n t r y B King Ge.org|fi the 1 1 J L | i 1
small families fe e in g on H U upon w h a t ^ a r t ^ O T o f foodTt subsists has not been
ascertained. .T h e breeding-season e x t e n d e r November and December The
H ImmiBm M B mat e w e the B l 8 the o p t i o n
H H H B i ■ ■ about an — eighth long bv
s e v e n -e ig ^ s of an m c ^ r o a i . » u n g ^ m g the 1 M | their e x i s t e n c e of nearly M
green i a t the same time, the | B H | charactffee H H H b I any age.
S i I B B i I B R B I *he 3 1 E m B B S° . The flight of this ^species, a lf l^ g h s $ ft, is not of long duration, WfIalr«l ec ohar ractgerraizceedfu lblyv ftohromsee dn.h
dulatmg sweeps c qm in p to the.®ffer members jip t f j f f i p , Platyceraa, ® ‘ ^ ‘r
8 H B ■ a j i « U H ^ r e p e a t e d , I l M B B g i offers a marked differ,
ence from tlie other Platycerci. ^
nape ’dceP mar°°” redJ cheeks yellowish I W H I B p ore yellow on the sides
of t h ^ e c k ^ a c k , scapularies and greater wiug-coverts deepsgreen j rump^onquil-rallowj-edge of the
s h ow e r ,spufiSrfs wing and base of th e outer webs of the mpmries rich d e f i n e ; remainder of the
primaries and the secondaries deep blaqlj; breast and abdomen' blue; vent an#ug&r,taJ-eoverts-scarlet •
two Centre tails-feathers yellowish green,- O p e n in g into b l a c h 'a f c ^ ^ a n d c /o s s cW ^ d is tiu e t bars of'
a darker tin t! lateral feathers green at their base, passing i& M a c k < f e th S% ,e r wehsl and into p a l e h l ^
on thfrWtei^vboth webs becoming blue towards the extremity o f f e e a t h e r , and fading into white at the
tip ; m a e s dark brown; biJUjorn-eolop} legs,and feet dujl brown.
The Plate represents an adult male and female oftbenafcural size.