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RED AND
BLUE-HEADED
PARRAKEET.
D e s c r i p t io n .
P l a c i .
Pfittacus canicularis, Lin. Syft. i. p. 142. N° 16.
---------------- ■ — 1----------- vol. iii. app. p. 228.
La Perruche a front rouge du Brefil, Sri/» orn. iv. p. 339. N° 62...
La Perriche a front rouge, Buf. at/» vi, p, 268.—PI. tnl. 767.
Red and blue-headed Parrakeet, jEVw, iv. pi. 176.
g I Z E of a Thrulh: length ten inches. The upper mandible
pale alh ; the lower more obfcure : cere of a pale alh : eyes
in a naked orange-coloured* (kin: irides yellow orange tithe forehead
is fcarlet: crown of the head of a fine blue, paleft behind :
the upper parts of the body deep green t the under parts paler:
prime quills blue on the outer edges: tail deep green above, and
of a brownifh green beneath; the two middle feathers longer
than the outer ones by above three inches and a half: legs and
claws whitifh alh, with a tinge of flelh-colour.
Linnaus defcribes one with the forehead inclining to fulvous ;
temples fulvous; black e y e s a n d a blackilh b ill: quills blue,
with the outfide greenilh : tail elongated and green: legs red-
dilh. He fuppofes this to be a female -J-, as it wanted the blue
on the head.
Inhabits the hotter parts of America
• Edwards obferves that this is not common. As far as I have obferved, the
bare ikin is white or duiky.
f Buffon will not allow this, rather fuppofing it to be the yellow-faced or ////->
nois Parrott a figure of which is given in PI. enl. N° 838. The front in this figure
is fulvous, and crown blue: the orbits are yellow; and the body not ill
correfponding with the other: from which appearances it might be rather taken
for the female than that mentioned by Linn<eus%
Pfittacus
Pfittacus seruginofus, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 142. N° 17*
La Perruche de la Martinique, Brif.orn. iv. p. 356. N° 69.
La Perriche ä Gorge brune, Buf. oif vi. p. 257.
Brown-throated Parrakeet, Bancr. Guian. p. 162. -
—— ........... ....................... Edw. iv. t. 177.
Lev. Muf
JN length this bird is ten inches and a quarter. The bill is of a
light alh-colour, with the tip deepeft: cere deep alh : round
the eyes bare, and of a paler afh-colour : irides yellowilh hazel:
plumage green-above j beneath yellow green: crown of the head,
from eye to eye, of a greenifh blue : the feathers at the bafe of
the bill, the cheeks, throat, and fore part of the neck, are grey
brown, with a tinge of yellow: tail green; Ihorter than the body,
and yellowilh beneath; the two middle feathers much longer
than the outfide ones : legs and claws alh-colour.
So far Brijfon ; who adds, that it inhabits Martinice, and different
parts of America.
That which Bancroft mentions, had the top of the head, and
part of the quill feathers, blues and was an inhabitant of
Guiana.
I have one from Jamaica, whofe head is of the fame green
colour with the reft of the body: the fecondaries next the body
blue : and the inner fides of the prime quills blue.
g I Z E of a Song-thrulh : length eleven inches and a half. Bill
lead-colour : eye in a lead-coloured fkin : irides hazel: fore-1
head brown: crown of the head blueilh : cheeks and chin
I 12 brownilh
+- BROWN-
THROATED
PARRAKEET.
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V a r . A.
BROWN-
FRONTED
PARRAKEET.
D e s c r i p t io n .