PARROT. 211 



thefe are fhorter by four inches than thofe of the middle : legs 

 and claws red. 



Inhabits Amboina. Place. , 



Pfittacus cyanocephalus, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 141. N° 10. '3- 



, n 1 * . 1 1 „ .> • r BLUE-HEADED 



La Perruche a tete blue, BrtJ. orn. iv. p. 359. t. 19. r. 2. PARROT 



■ Buf. oif. vi. p. 14.5. 



Perruche a tete blue des Indes orientales, PL enl. 192. 



CIZK of a common Parrakeet : length eleven inches and a half. Description. 



The upper mandible is yellow, with a pale aih -coloured tip ; 

 the lower of a plain afh-colour : eyes in a naked yellowifh fkin : 

 above, the plumage is green ; beneath, yellow green : the fore- 

 head inclining to red : the head itfelf is blue : throat violet, in- 

 clining to afh : fides of the neck luteous : hind part of the neck, 

 back, and fcapulars, green : the lower part of the back, rump, 

 and upper tail coverts, of a mining green : fore part of the neck 

 yellow green, lightening into yellow at the fides : from the breaft 

 to the tail greeniih yellow : wing coverts green : quills green 

 above, the inner webs and tips deep am ; beneath cinereous ; 

 Ihafts black, except that of the firft feather, which is whitifh : 

 the two middle tail feathers are greeniih, verging to blue at the 

 ends ; the next the fame, but yellow within ; and the four outer 

 'ones on each fide green on the outer webs, luteous on the inner; 

 the webs above black, beneath white; all but the two middle 

 ones tipped with yellow, and the whole tail yellowifh afh-colour 

 beneath ; the two middle feathers exceed the outer ones by near 

 four inches : legs blueifh : claws grey. 



Inhabits the Eaji Indies. Place. 



E e 2 Pfittacus 



