166 PARROT. 



but only the region of the eyes, and the hind head ; the crown being 

 green, and the ring on the neck wholly wanting ; tail as in the two 

 last described, the middle feathers shooting out into twice the length 

 of anv of the others. 



Inhabits Malacca. One in the Leverian Museum, had the crown 

 green ; sides of the head blossom-colour ; a broad, long, black patch 

 on each side of the lower jaw, like a whisker; quills and tail blue on 

 the margins, the two middle feathers of the latter six inches longer ; 

 none of the others more than three, the short ones cuneiform ; legs 

 black. One of these among some Chinese drawings was called 

 Sing-sie. 



B. — In another set of drawings from China, the crown was blue ; 

 through the eyes a streak of black ; beneath this blossom-colour; 

 chin black ; in other things as the last described. 



The five last birds, with their reputed varieties, seem to run into 

 one another, so as to render it no easy matter to discriminate them 

 satisfactorily. We have, therefore, left them to be accounted for on 

 the faith of their describers, and to futurity, to identify the originality 

 of each, and how far they may be connected with each other. 



75._YELLOW-COLLARED; PARRAKEET. 



Perruche a Collier jaune, Levail. Perr. pi. 75. 76. 

 Yellow-collared Parrakeet, Shaw's Zool. viii. 439. 



NEARLY the size of the Rose-headed. Bill yellowish; head 

 violet blue, tinged in front with brown ; neck surrounded with a 

 jonquil yellow collar; rest of the plumage green, paler beneath; 

 lowest wing coverts tinged with blue; edges of the larger quill 

 feathers with pale yellow ; tail long, green, the two middle feathers 

 sky blue, deeply tipped with yellowish white; legs dusky. 



