P A R R G 1\ 





Br. Muf. Lev. Muf, 



length eight 



CIZE of the Guinea Parrakeet, or a trifle bigger 



inches. Bill pale yellow: crown afh-colour : hind part of 

 the neck the fame, but very pale : middle of the back and wings 

 green: under parts of the body the fame, but paler: the lower 

 part of the back and rump deep blue : edge of the wing, and tip 

 of the baftard wing, blue : fcapulars brown : fides over the thighs 

 yellowiih : tail fcarcely rounded j the two middle feathers green 

 tipped with black ; all the others of a deep purplifh crimfon 

 fringed with black ; the ends of all the tail feathers nearly fquare : 

 the tail coverts are very long, fo as to hide the purple outer fea- 

 thers when much clofed : legs aih-colour : claws yellowiih. 



A moil perfect fpecimen is in the Leverian Mufeum, which 

 came from Cayenne ; and a fecond in the Britijh Mufeum. I am 

 alfo in poffeflion of a third, though not quite perfect in the tail. 

 I have never feen any others, and believe they are not commonly 

 known. 



121, 



+- PURPLE- 

 TAILED 

 PARRAKEET. 



Description, 



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Place. 



La petite Perruche de Madagafcar, Sri/, orn. iv. p. $94. N° 88. J. 30. f. 2. 122. 



La Perruche a tete grife, Buf. oi/. vi. p. 171. GREY-HEADED 



Petite Perruche de Madagafcar, PL enl. 791. f. 2. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



PARRAKEET, 



OIZE of a Houfe Sparrow : length five inches and three quarters. 



Bill grey : general colour above green ; beneath yellow green : 



head, throat, and fore part of the neck, grey, inclining to green : 



S f 2 tail 



Description, 



