24^ PARR Tv 



4 0, Pfittacus canicularis, Lin. Syfl. i. p. 142. N° 16. 



RED AND JJ f ... A . 



BLUE-HEADED 7 vot - m - *#' ?' "*• 



PARRAKEET. ^a Perruche a front rouge du Brefil, Brif. orn. iv. p. 339. N u 62- 



La Perriche a, front rouge, .5b/; etif. vi. p. 268. — PL enl. 767. 



Red and blue- headed Parrakeet, Ediu. iv. pi. 176. 



Description. CIZE of a Thrufli : length ten inches. The upper mandible 

 pale afh ; the lower more obfcure : cere of a pale afh : eyes 

 in a naked orange-coloured* ikin : irides yellow orange : the fore- 

 head is fcarlet : crown of the head of a fine blue, pa-left- behind : 

 the upper parts of the body deep green; the under parts paler: 

 prime quills blue on the outer edges: tail deep green above, and 

 of a brownifh green beneath ;. the two middle feathers, longer 

 than the outer ones by above three inches and a half: legs and 

 claws whitilh afh, with a tinge of flefh- colour. 

 /- Linnaus defcribes one with the forehead inclining to fulvous ; 

 temples fulvous ; black eyes ; and a blackifh bill : quills blue, 

 with the outfide greenifti : tail elongated and green : legs red- 

 dilh. He fuppofes this to be a female f, as it wanted the blue 

 on the head. 

 Place. Inhabits the hotter parts of America. 



* Edwards obferves that this is not common. As far as I have obferved, the 

 bare ikin is white or duiky. 



f Buffon will not allow this, rather fuppofing it to be the yellow-faced or Illi- 

 nois Parrot, a figure of which is given in PL enl. N° 838. The front in this fi- 

 gure is fulvous, and crown blue : the orbits are yellow ; and the body not ill 

 correfponding with the other : from which appearances it might be rather taken 

 for the female than that mentioned by Linnauu 



Pfittacus, 



