]78 PARROT, 



part of the breast fine red, the lower yellow ; belly blue ; thighs 

 yellow and blue ; tail cuneiform, yellow beneath. 

 Inhabits the Isles of the East Indies. 



93— GOLDEN-CROWNED PARRAKEET. 



Psitt. Brasiliensis, Ind. Orn. i. 103. Bris. iv. 337. Id. 8vo. ii. 134. 



Psitt. aureus, Gm. Lin. i. 329. Gerin. ii. t. 126. 



La Perriche couronnee d'or, Biif. vi. 271. Levail. Perr. i. 81. pi. 41: 



Le Maracana a front orange, Voy. d'Azara iv. 280. 



Golden-crowned Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 251. Ediv. pi. 235. Shaw's Zool. viii. 453. 



SIZE of the Ring Parrakeet. Bill black ; round the eye a 

 bluish flesh-coloured skin ; cere the same ; irides bright orange ; 

 general colour of the plumage green, inclining to yellow beneath ; 

 crown of the head orange ; throat yellowish green, with a mixture 

 of dull red; some of the quills with blue edges ; on the wing coverts 

 a bar of blue ; tail cuneiform, the outer feathers short ; legs reddish. 



Inhabits Brazil. Edwards, who first noticed this species, says, 

 it was a female, and lived in England for fourteen years, during 

 which it laid five or six eggs : said to be common in Paraguay, and 

 extends to 28 degrees of latitude. It lives in troops, and sometimes 

 seen in great numbers in plantations, where it is destructive to the 

 fruits. 



94 — LINEATED PARROT. 



Psittacus lineatus, Ind. Orn i. 104. Lin. Syst. Nat. iii. app. 233. Gm. Lin. i. 329. 

 Lineated Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 252. Shaiv's Zool. viii. 459. 



SIZE of a Dove. General colour green, paler beneath ; quills 

 brown, the inner margins very pale, appearing as if striped with 

 narrow lines ; tail cuneiform, a little longer than the body. 



Native place uncertain. 



