XV. 

 THE RINGED PARRAKEET. 



(ERHAPS the most favourite of. our pet 

 birds is the one in the Picture. You often 

 see it in a cage. It belongs to a wide- 

 spread group of the Parrakeet family, and 

 is called the Ringed Parrakeet. It is found over 

 a very extensive range of country. You meet 

 with it in Asia, Africa, and Australia. It is very 

 beautiful. Its plumage is green, but the feathers 

 of the head and neck change, as you look at them, 

 into purple. The body is a brilliant red, and it 

 has a ring or collar of ruby. 



The Ringed Parrakeet is supposed to be the first 

 of its tribe known to the ancient Greeks. 



