PARROT. 223 



La Perruche rouge hupee de Java, Brif.orn. iv. p. 381. 80. 2 r. 



La Perruche huppee, Buf. oif. vi. p. 160. CRESTFD RED 



Pfittacus parvus Bontii, Raii Syn. p. 34. N° 5. PARRAKEET. 



Bontius's fmall Parrakeet, Will. orn. p. 120. N° 7. 



CIZE of a Lark. Bill, grey: cere whitifh : eyes black, and Description, 



placed in a bare filvery white Ikin : the head is crefted : the 

 general colour of the plumage fcarlet : throat grey : fore part of 

 the nerk and breaft rofe-colour : fcapulars and wing coverts red 

 and green mixed : quills the fame : the tail is long, reaching ten 

 inches beyond the wings when clofed : the two middle feathers 

 are fcarlet; the others of a rofe-colour tipped with blue, and have 

 a mixture of green. 



Inhabits Java. Willnghby fays of this bird, that when "ex.- Place 



pofed to the fun, it reprefents a thoufand varieties of fhining co- Manners. 

 lours, and can hardly be exprefled by a painter." He alfo adds, 

 that thefe Parrots are " found chiefly in the midland countries, 

 and that they roofl: and build on the higheft trees.. They fly in 

 companies, and with a great noife, as do the whole tribe of Par- 

 rots. They are alfo garrulous, and learn to. pronounce fome- 

 words if they be kept tame," 



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