PSITTACUS viridissimus, 

 Green Parrot. 



Generic Character. — See PI. 1. 



Specific Character. 

 P. pallide viridis ; pennis infrh nitide thalassinis ; tegminum, remigum, 



scapulariumque marginihusjlaiescentibus ; lined ante-ocularijlavd; 



rectricium basi rubrd. 

 Pale green, quills beneath changeable sea-green ; wing covers, 



quills and scapulars margined with yellowish ; before the eye 



a yellow line ; base of the tail feathers red. 



Ihe uniform green which pervades the plumage of this 

 Parrot, induces me to think it may, possibly, be the female 

 of some other species ; a few^ pale red feathers, close to the 

 axilla, and the faint red on the tail feathers, appear to 

 strengthen this supposition. Among those species which 

 are recorded, this approaches nearest to Latham's Green 

 Parrakeet; but the figure this writer quotes, (PL Enl. 837.) 

 is at variance both with his description, and with the bird 

 now before us ; it may, therefore, be considered as unde- 

 scribed. 



Total length nine inches ; bill pale ; upper mandible three- 

 quarters of an inch long, the margin undulated. The whole 

 plumage is of a beautiful and delicate green, darkest above ; 

 with a tinge of blue on the crown, spurious wings, and 

 greater quills ; the orbits are naked, between which and the 

 eye is a blackish line, bordered above by another of pure 

 yellow ; all the wing covers and quills are margined with 

 yellowish. The colour of the inferior side of the quills is a 

 pale but beautiful blue green, reflecting brighter tints of the 

 same colour, when held in certain lights ; the under side of 

 the tail has likewise these reflections, but above is yellowish, 

 with a dusky red spot at the base of each lateral feather: 

 under the wing's there are three or four dull red feathers; 

 feet pale. 



This bird is in my own collection, and is the only one I 

 have as yet seen; neither am I acquainted with its native 

 country. 

 PI. 155. 



