172 PARROT. 



84— GREY-BREASTED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus murinus, Ind. Orn.i. 101. Gm. Lin.i. 327. Shaw's Zool. viii. 456. 

 Perruche & Joues grises, Levail. Perr.i. 229. pi. 67. 



— — souris, Buf.v'i. 14S. Fernet. Voy.i. 314. Levail. Perr.i. 75. pi. 38. Pl. 



ml. 768. 

 Grey-breasted Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 247. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill light grey ; face, throat, and breast 

 rat-grey ; rest of the body olive green, except the quills, which are 

 deep green; tail cuneiform, five inches long; legs grey; in some the 

 outer coverts are blue. 



Pernetty, in his Voyage to Falkland Islands, met with it at 

 Monte Video, in Buenos Ayres, South America, where the sailors 

 bought them in cages, but whether natives of the spot was uncertain. 

 They were tame and gentle, easily learned to speak, and articulate 

 well. It was the common opinion that this bird lived but one year 

 in a cage. Those which Pernetty mentions, were the size of a Thrush. 

 Bill flesh-colour ; plumage green, except the neck, breast, and small 

 part of the belly, which were silvery grey ; tail very long. 



85— HORNED PARROT— Pl. XXV. 



Psittacus bisetis, Ind. Orn.i. 102. Shaw's Zool. viii. 452. 



■ eornutus, Gm. Lin.i. 327. 



Horned Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 248. pl. 8. Cook's Voy. ii. pl. in p. 110. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill bluish at the base, and black at 

 the tip ; irides golden yellow ; round the eye ash-colour ; forehead, 

 crown, nape, and region of the ears deep scarlet, mixed with black; 

 sides of the head yellowish orange ; lower mandible surrounded with 

 deep black shining feathers, pointing forwards ; from the crown 



