168 PARROT. 



wing coverts next the body, with the base, and inner webs white ; 

 the outer, and tips yellow; those farthest from the body greenish blue 

 beneath ; the nearest pale brimstone, the outer bluish green ; the first 

 five quills green on the outer edges and tips, but black within, with 

 white margins ; the nearest seven white, the outer webs and tips 

 yellow ; most of the others have the outer webs and tips yellow, the 

 inner yellowish white ; the four next the body green, and when the 

 wing is closed, appears a broad yellowish stripe, dividing it in the 

 middle; tail cuneiform, four inches long, green, with the inner 

 margins yellowish ; legs grey. 



The female differs in having the colours less vivid. 



Common at Cayenne, and fly in numbers together , are not shy, 

 but frequently settle in the midst of inhabited places; are fond of the 

 buds of the immortal, or coral tree,* and settle on it when in flower, 

 and as this tree is planted near habitations, opportunities occur of 

 shooting them readily, but those which are not wounded soon return, 

 and continue their depredations ; they learn to speak readily, if kept 

 tame. Found also at Paraguay, but is there rare. 



78— WAVE-BREASTED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus versicolor, Ind. Orn. i. 101. Gm. Lin.\. 327. 



PerrucheaGorgetachet.ee, PL enl. 144. Buf.vl 258. Levail. Perr.i. p. 38. pi. 16. 



Salem. Orn. t. 8. 2. Ferm. Surin. ii. 177. No. 2. 

 Wave-breasted Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 245. Shaw's Zool. viii. 405, 



SIZE of the last. Bill black; irides yellow; plumage in general 

 beautiful shining green ; above the bill slaty blue, beneath it sky 

 blue ; throat brown, each feather margined with aurora yellow, 

 giving the appearance of waves ; fold of the wing fire-colour ; the 

 rest of the wing blue ; middle of the belly lilac, veined with brown ; 



* Erythrina Corallodendron, Lin. 



