48$ QJU4^^ AVE|. ^ 



P<^puan Parrak^et. P. Pcipu.mm. Soimer. Nov. 

 Guin. t. 3^ 



Scarlet ; wings and tail, green ; sides of body and 

 tail, yellow ; hind head, blue. Papua. 



Sincialo Parrakeet. P. Uitfirostris. Enl. 580. 



Green ; shoulders, yellowish ; tail, long, tipt with 

 blue. St. Domingo. 



Red-breasted Parrakeet. P. Hcematopus. Enl. 61, 

 or Cyanocephalus. Enl. 192, or Moluccanus. 

 Enl. 74*3, or Cyanogaster. Sh. Gen. Zool., viii. 

 t. 59. and White p. 140, all varieties of age. 



Green ; breast, red ; face, blue ; neck spot, yellowish. 



Vigors and Horsfield having remarked that the tongue 

 of this species has soft bristles under its point, have 

 made their genus Tbichoglossus of it. It would be 

 interesting to examine whether many other parrots 

 have not the same character. 



The character of the tail of this division is ob- 

 servable in the first species known in Em'ope, into 

 which it was brought by Alexander. This is P. 

 Alexandri, before mentioned.*- 



Parrakeets, with thft tail enjlaf^ed tqwards the 

 end. 



BUck Parrakeet. P. Niger. Enl. 500. Edw. 5. 

 Glossy blue-black ; tail, red, beneath. Brazil. 

 * Others place here, P. BUorquattu, 



