5? 2 BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 



375 g. Blue headed Alexandrine Parrot. — 30. e. Pf- Alexandri cyanocephalus. 



Is green ; with blue head, chin, and tail, and having naked red orbits. 



Pf. indicus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 86. n. 15. — Pfittaca cyanocephala. Briff. av. app. 129. — Perruche 

 atete azur. Buff. oif. vi. 148. — Blue-headed Parrakeet. Edw. av. t. 292. Lath. fyn. i. 237. n. 37. d. 



Inhabits India. — The bill is red ; the orbits are naked and of a flefhy red or carnation colour, the 

 irides being orange yellow ; the wings are each marked with a yellow fpot ; the under furface of the 



tail is yellow ; the legs and feet are afh coloured This bird fhould rather have been ranked as a 



variety of the Blue-headed Parrot, N°. 343. with which it agrees, efpecially as the particular charac- 

 teristic of the Alexandrine fpecies, the collar, is wanting. — T. 



376 £. Javan Alexandrine Parrot. — 30. £. Pf. Ale xandri jav aniens. 



Is green ; the head being mixed blue and yellow, with black temples ; the throat and 

 breaft: are reddifh. 



Pf. Ofbeckii. Lath. ind. orn. i. 87. n. 16. — Pf. javanicus. Ofbeck, it. i. 156. — Javan Parrakeet. 

 Lath. fyn. i. 237. n. 37. e. 



Inhabits Java. — The bill is red, with a black cere, its under mandible being yellowifh ; the orbits 

 are brown and naked ; the colours of the head are pale blue and pale yellow mixed together ; the 

 chin is pale red ; the breaft is pale rofe colour ; the wing quills are afh coloured on their under fur- 

 faces, and have blue edges ; five of the wing covert feathers are yellow, forming a large fpot ; the tail 

 is blue above, and yellowifh underneath ; the legs and feet are greenifh grey. — This ought doubtlefs 

 either to have conftituted a feparate fpecies, or at leaft to have been ranked as a variety of the Blue- 

 headed Parrot. Both in this inftance and the former variety the authority of Dr Gmelin has been 

 adhered to, perhaps too rigidly, but no great confufion can thereby be occasioned to the ftudent of 

 Natural hiftory, as the error is pointed out ; to the experienced Naturalift no fuch precaution is ne- 

 ceffary. — T. 



377 34- Illinois Parrot. — 31. PJittacus pertinax. 15. 



Is green ; with tawny cheeks, the wings and tail being fomewhat hoary. Muf. ad. frid. 

 i. 14. 



Pf. pertinax. Lath. ind. orn. i. 94. n. 34. Borowfk. nat. ii. 94. n. 15. — Pfittaca illiniaca. Briff. 

 av. iv. 353. n. 68. — Tui aputejuba. Marcgr. braf. 206. Raj. av. 34. n. 2 — Tui fecundus. Raj. av. 

 181. n. 6. Will, orn- 116. — Aputejuba. Buff. oif. vi. 269. t. 13. — Perruche illinoife. PI. enl. 

 528. — Klein langfchwaenziger gruner Papagay. Frifch, av. t. 54. — Yellow-faced Parrakeet. Edw. 

 av. 49. t. 234. — Illionois Parrot. Arc!:, zool. ii. 243. n. 133. Lath. fyn. i. 228. n. 30. 



Inhabits America. — Is about thirteen inches long ; this fpecies migrates annually in fummer to a 

 more northern clime than is ufual with this genus ; it is found in Brafil and other parts of the tro- 

 pical regions of America, and even paffes the winter in the fouthern countries on the Miffifipi, but in 

 fummer is found almoft as high as lake Michigan; it is gregarious, and feeds on chefnuts, peafe, and 

 other feeds and fruits ; it forms its neft in the large hills of ants or termites ; is very aftive, but is a 

 bad fcholar in learning to fpeak ; the flefh is eaten in America. The bill is afh coloured ; the iri- 

 des, the fore-head, cheeks, and fometimes the hind head are rich orange yellow ; the crown, upper 



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