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P l a c e .
123.
BLACKWINGED
PARRAKEET*
D e s c r i p t io n ,
Place*
tail rounded; near the end a broad bar of black: legs and claws
hoary.
The female has a plain green head, otherwife like the male.
Inhabits Madagafcar, and perhaps the ifle of Mauritius, if I am
right in the bird- mentioned by M. St. Pierre'*.
La petite Perruche de l’ifle de Lugon,, Son. Voy* p. 7Ï. t. 41.
La Perruche aux ailes variées, Buf. oi/.\ i. p. 172.
Petite Perruche de Batavia, PI. eni. 791. f . ts 1
Black-winged Parroquet, Brown's Illuji. t. 8.
Br. Mu/. Ltw. Mu/.
|~ ENGTH fix inches. Bill dulky brown : front, and hind part
of the head, yellowilh green : crown and cheeks pale blueifh
green ; as are die breaft, belly,, and thighs : the back, wing,
coverts, and prime quills, black : fecondaries pale yellow, tipped
with a beautiful blue : coverts of the tail dark green ; upper part
of the tail fine lilac ; the two middle feathers plain, all the reft
marked with a black bar near the end ; the ends of all the feathers
are like wedges, or lozenge-fhaped : under tail coverts as long as
the tail : legs dufky. This defcribed from the fpecimen in the
Britijh Mufeuth.
M. 'Sonnerai fays, that the trides are irddifh yellow,, as- well as-
the bill ; but in the plate he makes all the tail- feathers barred-
with black, which is not the cafe, either in the fpecimen at the-
Britijh Mufeum or that at Leicefier-houfe.
Inhabits Batavia and Luzonia.
* A green Parrakeet, “ with a grey head, as large as a Sparrow, and not to;
be tamed. ’ ’ Voyage to Mauritius, tranf.ated by 7 - Parijh, 1775,
La
La Perruche aux dies bleues, Buf. oif. vi. p. 175.
Petite Perruche du Cap de Bonne Efperance, PI. ^ .4 5 3 , f. 1. BLUE-WINGED
PARRAKEET.
T E N G T H four inches and a half. The bill is reddilh: D e s c r i p t io n .
the plumage wholly green, except fome of the wing feathers,
which are blue : legs reddilh.
This was fent to Bujfon from the Cape of Goad Hope, but with- Pl a c c .
out any account of its natural climate or manners j but he is clear
in its being a diftinft fpecies.
I obferve a bird in the colle&ion of Mifs Blomefield, which I
fancy to be the lame,, or very little different. It anfwers in fiz.e,
and came alfo from the Cape of Good Hope ; but in her fpe-
eimen the whole o f the under wing coverts are of a fine deep
blue. Whether this circumftance was in Buff oris bird is not
-mentioned.
■ Petite Pcrruche a Collier deP-iJIe de Lupn, Sou. Voy. p.77. t. 59. .t
LaPecruchc a Collier, Buf. oif. vi. p. 173. COLLARED
PARRAKEET.
g I Z E o f the Guinea Parrakeet. Bill and irides blackilh grey: D e s c r i p t io n ,
general colour of the plumage green, paleft on the under
parts, with a tinge of yellow: at the back part of the head is a
broad band of light yellow, tranfverfely- ftriped with black : rail
fhort, terminating in- a point: that and-the wings of equal, length :'
legs dark grey.
The female differs merely in having the hind Head Iky-blue in- F e m a l e .
ftead o f yellow, but tranfverfely marked with black, as in the
other fox.
Inhabits