164 PARROT. 



74— BLOSSOM-HEADED PARRAKEET. 



-Psitt. Ginginianus, Ind. Orn. i. 99. Bris. iv. 346. t. 29. f. 2. Id. Svo. ii. 136. Gerin. 



ii. t. 132. 

 Psitt. erythrocephalus, Gm. Lin. i. 325. 

 Perruche a tete rouge, Buf. vi. 144. PL enl. 2G4. 

 Blossom-head Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 239. Shaw's Zool. viii. 434. pi. 62. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill reddish ; head red, with a shade 

 of light blue, chiefly at the hind head ; chin black, narrowing into a 

 slender line from the corners of the mouth to the hind head ; beneath 

 the black another line of pale green, both making a kind of collar ; 

 the rest of the plumage green, inclining beneath to yellow; on the 

 wing coverts a dull red spot ; tail six inches and quarter long, green 

 above, margined within with yellow, the outer feathers shorter than 

 the middle by four inches ; legs grey. 



Inhabits Gingi, in the East Indies. 



A.— Psitt. Bengalees, Ind. Orn. i. 100. 50. /3; Bris. iv. 34S. Id. Svo, ii. 137. Gm. 



Lin.u 325. 

 Psitt. rodocephalus, Rose-headed Parrakeet, Lev. Mus. No. 4. pi. 9. Nat. Misc. V. 



21. No. S77. 

 Petite Perruche a tete rouge de Lucon, Son. Voy. 79. t. 42. 

 — — — — — — couleur de rose a longs brins, Buf. iv. 154. 



Perruche de Malabar, PL enl. 888. 



— — a Collier noir, Levail. Perr. i. 92. pi. 45. 



La Perruche Fridytutah, Levail. Perr. pi. 74 ? 



Parrakeet from Bengal, Alb. iii. pi. 14. Klein, p. 25. 



Rose-headed ring Parrakeet, Gen. Syn.'u 239. 39. A. Ediv. pi. 233. 



LENGTH from twelve to fourteen inches. Bill yellowish ; under 

 mandible black ; irides yellow; cere brownish ; crown and cheeks 

 rose-colour ; hind head blue ; throat and ring round the neck as in 

 the last, also the blood-red spot on the wing ; tail blue above, and 

 dull yellow beneath ; the two middle feathers eight inches longer 



