F A R R O T. 



Inhabits the IJle of Bourbon, and other parts in the fame lati- 

 titude,.both in Africa and the Indies, 



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Place. 



Pfittacus Alexandra, Lin. Syft.i. p. 142. N° i^.J 1 . 

 La Perruche atete blue des Indes, Brzf. orn. App. p. 129. 

 La Perruche a tete d'Azur, 'Buf. oif. vi. p. 148. 

 Blue-headed Parrakeet, Edtu. t. 292. 



57- 

 Var. D. 



AZURE- 

 HEADED 

 PARRAKEET. 



Q1ZE of a Pigeon. Bill red:, eyes contained in a naked flefh> Description, 



coloured fkin : irides orange :. head and throat fine blue: the 

 reft of the plumage green, paleft beneath ; except the quills* 

 which are cinereous beneath, and blue on the edges : on the 

 upper wing coverts is a fpot of yellow : tail above blue ; dull 

 yellow beneath ; the two middle feathers thirteen inches long ■, 

 the outer ones, very fhort: legs and claws alh-colourecL 



Inhabits India. Place. 



Pfittacus Javamcus, OJieck's Voy.vtil. i. p. 156. 



CIZE lefs than the laft. Upper mandible pale red ; the lower 

 pale yellow : cere black.: the head every where covered with 

 fhort feathers of a pale blue and pale yellow : temples black : all 

 the other parts of the bird are grafs-green, except the throat and 

 breaft, which are of a pale red : the wings are light grey beneath ■, 

 but five of the wing coverts are yellow : tail yellowifh : legs 

 greenifh grey. 



Inhabits Java, where it is univerfally expofed to fale. Mr. 

 OJb'eck likens this to the Alexandrine, as a variety j and, on that 

 fuppofition, I give it this place. 



La 



37- 



Var. E. 



JAVAN 



PARRAKEET, 



Description. 



Place, 



