I^SITTACUS discolor. 

 Red-shouldered Parakeet. 



Generic Character. — See PL 1. 



Specific Character. 



P. viridis ; Jronte, mento, tegminibus ivferioribus, macula cervlcali, latcribus ei 

 scaj)ularibus coccineis ; humeris puniceis ; vertice, tegminibus exterioribus. 

 remigibusque violaceis ; rectricibusfulvo marginatis. 



P. Green ; front, chin, under wing-covers, and spots in the neck, flanks 

 and scapulars crimson; shoulders dark-red ; crown, external wing- 

 covers, and lateral tail-feathers violet-blue; quills blueish-black mar- 

 gined with yellow. 



P. discolor. Red-shouldered Parakeet. White's Voyage, pi. at p. QOS. 



La Perruche Banks. Le Vuill, pi. 50. 



This is another of the splendid little Parakeets inhabiting tlie 

 forests of New Holland ; and vivid as the colouring may aj)pear 

 in our figure, it sinks into duUness when compared with the 

 bird itself. Dr. Shaw was the first who described it in White's 

 Voyage to New South Wales, where it is badly represented. 

 Jt has been since figured by Le Vaillant, probably from a female 

 or imperfect specimen, as the tail is represented by far too short, 

 and the colours not quite agreeing with that in my collection. 



Total length eleven inches. The upper plumage bright gieen, 

 tinged with blue on the sides of the neck, fighter and yellowish 

 beneath ; the crown of the head sapphire or violet-blue, with a 

 crimson belt in front, and a large patch of the same round the 

 chin ; paler spots of this colour are also in front of the neck, 

 breast, flanks, and under tail-covers ; the under wing-covers are 

 deep crimson, as well as the inner shafts of some of the lesser 

 covers outside; the shoulders dark blood-colour; the outer wing- 

 covers deep-blue on the margin of the wings, gradually changing 

 to a vivid blue, which blends with the green. Quills black 

 glossed with violet, margined externally and internally with yel- 

 low. Tail near five inches long, the middle feathers dark rufouj 

 tipped with blueish ; the rest more or less rufous at the basC; 

 and shining blue beyond. Bill and legs pale. 

 PI. 02. 



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