PARROT. 265 



plumage green, paler beneath ; the lower half of the rump and upper 

 tail coverts red like the head ; inside of the quills and under the tail 

 bluish green ; legs flesh-colour. 

 Inhabits the East Indies. 



217— VERNAL PARROT. 



Psittacus vernalis, Ind. Orn.\. 130. Mus. Carls, fasc. ii. t. 29. 

 Vernal Parrot, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 95. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill reddish; plumage in 

 general pale green ; wing coverts deeper ; quills grass green ; rump 

 sanguineous ; tail the same above, beneath blue ; legs pale. 



Native place uncertain. 



218— RED-RUMPED PARRAKEET. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill red ; plumage in general 

 green ; head and neck inclining to brownish yellow ; crown of the 

 head pale reddish chestnut, deeper on the forehead, with a tinge of 

 orange at the nape ; breast, belly, and vent pale green ; lower part 

 of the back, and upper tail coverts, deep red or sanguineous ; quills 

 black, the outer webs green ; beneath on the inner webs fine pale 

 greenish blue ; under part of the tail feathers of this last colour ; 

 quills and tail even in length ; legs pale brown. 



Inhabits the Island of Ceylon. In the collection of Mr. Comyns. 

 Probably related to the Vernal, or last described ; and not a little 

 inclining to the following, to both of which it seems somewhat allied. 



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