24'4 



PARROT, 



Place. 



brownifh buff-colour : throat more inclined to brown : reft of the 

 body green, paleft on the under parts : tail above half the length 

 of the bird; fide feathers fhort; the colour of it the fame with 

 the body, with blue edges and tips: the edges of the quills are 

 likewife blue : the legs lead-colour. 



This bird is now alive, and in poirefTion of a young lady, who 

 informs me that fhe had it from the Spanijb Main. 



42. 



LACE-WINGED 



PARRAKEET. 



Description. 



Place. 



La Perruche aux Ailes chamarees, Euf. cif. vi. p. 151. 

 Perroquet de 1'Ifle de Lugon, PL enl. 287. 



HIS bird is more than eleven inches long. The bill. is red: 

 general colour of the plumage olive brown : at the hind part 

 of the head is a blueifh fpot : the wings are coloured with blue, 

 green, and orange; the blue occupies the middle, and the two 

 other colours the edges : quills olive brown : the tail is one- 

 third of the length of the bird ; and the wings, when clofed, 

 reach to the middle of it ; which is not common, as' they are 

 ufually very fhort : legs dufky. 

 Inhabits the ifland of Luzon: a, 



43- 

 YELLOW- 

 WINGED 

 PARRAKEET. 



Description 



La Perruche de Cayenne, Brif.^rn. iv. p. 334. N° 60. t. 27. f- z» 

 La Perriche a ailes variees, Buf. oif. vi. p. 259. 

 Petite Perruche verte de Cayenne, PL enl. 359. 



Lev. Muf. 



T ENGTH eight inches and a quarter : not fo big in fize as a 



Blackbird. Bill and cere whitifh: upper parts of the body 



greenifh ; beneath the fame, but paler : the greater wing coverts, 



aext 



