25° 



PARR O T. 



CRESTED 

 PARRAKEhT. 



Description. 



Fem 



ALE. 



ENGTH twelve inches. Bill pale : crown of che headi fides, 

 and throat, yellow : behind the eye, juft within the yellow, is 

 a fpot of crimfon ; and behind this the yellow is paler than in the 

 other parts : from the crown of the head fpring fix {lender fea- 

 thers, forming a creft ; two of thefe are near three inches long, and 

 the four others fhorter: the upper parts of the body are olive' 

 brown; the under parts the fame,, but paler: on the wing is an 

 oblique bar of white, cauied by the tips of the fecond quills, 

 which are of that colour : the tail the fame, pretty long, and 

 cuneiform : the legs are duflcy. 



The female is of the fame fize. The head of the fame colour 

 with the body, but a little paler on the fides,, and crefted as in the 

 male: behind the eye is the fame crimfon fpot as in the male i: 

 the head and body inclined to cheftnut : on the rump are {lender 

 tranfverfe lines of grey : the tail is barred with numerous lines of 

 the fame ; the outer feather is white on the outer web the whole 

 length : on the middle of the wing is an oblique bar of white, as 

 in the other. Thefe I met with at Sir Jofeph Banks's, who 

 brought them from New Holland. 



5 z. 

 SOCIETY 

 PAR.ROT. 



Description. 



Lev. Muf< 



I ENGTH ten' inches and a half. Eill deep blue ; end black : 

 the whole head black brown : on the upper parts of the body 

 the plumage is deep olive green ; each feather margined with 

 duiky, giving it a waved appearance: rump deep ■dull crimfon, 

 each feather waved on the margin alfo with dufky : upper tail 



coverts 



