T H *E 



VIOLET-BLUE PARRAKEET. 



Generic Character. 



Bill hooked. Upper mandible moveable. 

 Tongue broad, flefhy, and obtufe. 

 Legs rather (hort. Toes formed for climbing, 

 viz. two forward and two backward. 



Specific Cha ra c ter . 



VIOLET-BLUE PARRAKEET, with the tail 

 fomewhat elongated ; head rather crefted ; 

 throat white. Length about 5 Inches, or 

 fomewhat more. 



OTAHEITAN BLUE PARRAKEET. 



Latham. Synopf. p. 59. 



N. B. This bird and the Pfittacus Porphyrocephalus figured in 

 the Firft Number oi this work, are very nearly of the fame 

 fize and proportion. 



This diminutive fpecies is one of the mod elegant 

 of its tribe. Its colour is a beautiful deep violet, ex- 

 cept on the throat and upper part of the bread, where 

 it is white ; but in fome fpecimens flightly tinged with 



dufky. 



