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THE BLUE-HEADED PARROT. 



Psittacus cyanocephalus, LINN.SUS ; La Perruche a tfite bleu, BUKFON ; Der 

 Blaukopfige Sittich, BECHSTEIN. 



THIS beautiful species is not more scarce than the preceding, 

 and is about the size of a turtle dove, although its length is 

 eleven inches and a half, six of which being included in the 

 tail, half of this is covered by the folded wings. The naked 

 skin round the eyes is yellow ; the upper part of the body is 

 green, the under part yellowish. The forehead has some tints 

 of red ; the head is blue ; the throat violet, with a grey tint. 



This parrot comes from India, and is only prized for its 

 beauty, for it cannot learn to speak. It must be treated like 

 the preceding species. 



THE YELLOW PARRQT. 



Psittacus solstitialis, LTNNJEUS ; La Perruche jaune, BCFPON ; Der gelbe Siltich, 

 BECHSTEIN. 



THE whole length of this bird is eleven inches and a half. 

 The tail is wedge-shaped, and the folded wings cover one-third 

 of it. The beak and feet are green. The throat, the naked 

 membranes of the beak, and the circle of the eyes, are light 

 grey ; the iris is yellow. The general colour of the body is 

 orange, with olive spots on the back and wing coverts. 



This parrot comes from Angola, and easily learns to speak. 

 The food and treatment must be the same as the preceding. 



THE AMBOINA PARROT- 



Psittacus Amboinensis, LINN^US ; Le Lory Perruche tricolor, BUFFON : Der 

 Amboinische Sittich-Lory, BECHSTEIN. 



THIS species somewhat resembles the Ceram lory, a variety 

 of Le Lori Noir of Buff on (Psittacus garrulus aurorte, LIN- 

 Ny>:us); owing to this resemblance the French also call it 



