Py A RR OES 
Pfittacus vernalis, Id. Orn. i. p. 130. 147.—Mu/. Carl/. fase. ii. 29. 
HIS is five inches and a half in length: the bill reddifh: general 
colour pale green : wing coverts deep green: quills grafs green: 
rump fanguineous: tail above fanguineous, beneath blue: legs pale. 
It is uncertain from whence this bird came. 
Pfittacus purpuratus, Ind. Orz. i. p. 132-150. 
Purple-tailed Parakeet, Gen. Syz. i. p. 315. 121.—Nat. Mi/. i. pl. 16. 
SEVERAL of thefe have been brought into England, from Cay- 
enne, which differed greatly from each other in fize ; fome of them 
had the purple tail feathers green for one fourth of an inch from the 
tip, and the two middle feathers dafhed with purple down the 
thafts. ; 
SIZE of the 4 Coloured Parrot : general colour green in various 
fhades, on the bend of the wing, and the thighs fine aurora colour. 
Inhabits the internal parts of the Cape of Good Hope, found frequently 
at Koks Kraal river, at which place numbers of them come to 
drink. | 
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26. 
VERNAL 
Pe 
DESCRIPTION. 
27. 
PURPLE- 
TAILED 
P. 
DESCRIPTION. 
28. | 
LEVAILLANT’s 
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DiscRirrion. 
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