I l f PH.qj}A PULCHELLA, Wagler.
d*. Chestnut-shouldered Grass-Parrakeet.
Psittacus pu'i 4 fi'M, >’ 4" 0 —:lam . T ran s, ToL’^ p 12®.—
P- 21 —K uH , N o v a A c ta , toI x.
Turcosine Parrqpet, Lathi. Gen. Hist., y| | | | | p. 185.
La Perruche Eduiards, Le JEjjHist. deß Perr., •mM'.fèmale.
Psittacus chrysogaster, Lath. Ind. Om., vol. i. p. 97.
Q^ange-beîlied Parrot, ® -
Orange-bellied Parrakeet, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol.
Psittacus Edwardsii, Bechst.. in Lath.
%qnodespulchelbs, ofShaVs Gen. Zool., rol. sir.
H g W Ë p
Lathamus azureus, •» r
Euphema pulchella, Wiajfc, Mon. Psitt^m i f f ^ ^ ^ f e f t € and II® '
A u j J, , ; whu 1, l¥% traversed tit I i 1, w f a f t. 'S jS e 'V 5Fl !lV " ^ } . ^ 4 ^ rl5ffi^ sPl t an
nlif 1 i v o u n l i mj iSb'Sjj&'k.1 m\ ittmtim*vv v «i 1> aUrn ro^ l)\^iU'l)f^utitul uiilspread tail
.ind’ wiBgb " S tw S ^ S i f f ih e i ^ . s ^ id j p ^ u smaller ammals, it
p tiilW W h*ol its | g i ^ t j!c ^ ^ d ! 'd n d ‘~ilMl. ar, r r ^ T p ^ i s ir i t y J^ aH w -fo r siony ridggstban for
tb Vu U ollimd fl t \ l j i li IS 1V bjbl) owiug I . rht fomieoprodijc if>£ agriMK r sogply 0r its I ivourit. f.»d-
When, flushed. | ^ s distance between the’ti. i\, p.' S ^ ^ i n i f t jle.idlbranch.for a time, and
i f ‘iian elledV hunger returns tq t&e gygqnd almo-u im m e d ^ ^ T ti ire nsvgj'.seen this species congee-.
gatesHn large flocks b l ^ h e Euphema c k n /m tm a a n i ^ f e t e g ^ i Bgjjbave d th er met with pairs,
^ ^ •STO llc o ip p an ies of sjy jn number.
I did apt suaecediq fiqdf e aAqst of this spedes,/<jltbwgh X gg g ^ p l a iduriggffly Visit la th e district
of the Upper R TOt a 3 was ^ ^ c v e r y w h e i e ^ a r q u n d me; ^ "" 1,11 auihonty of i
the natives, that it lays eight A i , t q , ^ , -m ‘^ ^ p d | a l i « : e ^ ^ u r hjjtghi- dicsiud wood..
The sexes differ cqffiur, that dissection must he rcsorted^^^(psf:inggi^h_th>ni. WM
B H H | stripe oven.the B H ^ H B R H R | lesser greenish blue;
H W head, h a e k S s neck, n p p e * , | | | » ^ f tm f g |g h t olive-green j a bright sppt of chestnnt- HHH iBserti0B*fl£ B second ■ - B|UBBflj|r BflB|
b om -o n the inner; chest, centre of the ahdomen^and nnder tad-cpvfjjts rich y e llc t^ four middle tad-
feathers green the remainder green at the W tipped with yellow; .bill and feet dark brown.
■ The Plate represents the hvo sexes of the n a t p r f s « gra ssy o ftfe d jp p e r Hnnter.