246 



PARROT. 



Place. 



45- 

 SCALY- 

 BREASTED 

 PARRAKEET. 



Description. 



Place. 



irides aurora yellow: the feathers above the bill of a flate blue 5 

 beneath fky blue : the reft of the head brown : the lower part of 

 the neck flate blue : the throat is brown, with a yellow aurora 

 edge to each feather, making it appear in waves: fold of the 

 wing fire-colour; the reft of the wing blue : middle of the belly 

 lilac veined with brown: and on the middle of the tail is a lon- 

 gitudinal line of lilac : tail fhorter than in other Parrakeets, and 

 of a red brown on the under fide: legs and claws black. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and, according to Ferritin, Surinam 

 wife. 



like- 



CIZE of a common Parrakeet : length eight inches and a' half. 

 Bill dufky : round the eye a pale bare fkin : head, neck, 

 .and breaft, dull orange ; each feather black in the middle, giving 

 the parts the appearance of being covered with fcales : lower part 

 of the back and rump, and middle of the belly, of a blood red : 

 fhoulders crimfon : forehead, belly, thighs, and all the other 

 parts, of a dark green : legs and claws dufky. 



This came from Cayenne, and is in the collection of Ca-pt, 

 Davies. 



46. 



LITTLE 



RED-WINGED 



PARRAKEET. 



:Descrsftion. 



LaPerruched.es Indes, Brif. orn. iv. p. 341. N° 63, 

 La Perruche a. Gorge rouge, Buf. oif. vi. p. 157. 

 Little red-winged Parrakeet, Ediv. glean, pi. 236. 



T ENGTH eight inches and a half: fize of a crefted Lark, 



Bill fiefh-colour : cere and fpace round the eyes whitifh : 



irides deep hazel : general colour green, paleft beneath : chin of 



£ a fine 



