PARROT. 185 



104.— TURCOSINE PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus pulchellus, hid. Orn. Sup. p. xxi. Nat. Misc. pi. 96. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 122. 



La Perruche Edwards, Levail. p. 68. 



Turcosine Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. Sup. Li. 89. Shaic's Zool. viii. 470. 



SIZE of the Crested Parrakeet. Bill black ; the upper part of 

 the plumage green ; head pale blue, but vivid; hindhead brownish, 

 inclining to chestnut at the back part ; the whole of the wing fine 

 blue, but the coverts are paler, and brighter than the rest ; greater 

 quills deep blue, with the ends black ; at the inner bend of the wing 

 a long crimson patch, and the whole bird to a degree brilliant ; the 

 tail cuneiform, the two middle feathers green, the two next green, 

 with a little yellow at the tips, this last colour increases in all the 

 others to the two outermost, which are wholly yellow; legs pale 

 brown. 



Inhabits New South Wales, but is a rare bird ; observed not to 

 fly far at a time, and#never seen but in pairs, and more often on the 

 ground than on trees* — hence is called the Ground Parrot. 



In the collection of Lord Stanley is one, which probably may be 

 the female ; the length seven inches and three quarters. Bill dusky ; 

 head, neck, and back olive green; belly and vent pale dusky yellow; 

 wings blue, as in the other sex ; under wing coverts dusky, with a 

 bluish gloss ; tail as in the male, the two middle feathers dusky 

 greenish blue, the others marked with pale yellow ; the wings reach 

 halfway on the tail. 



This last also was from New-Holland. 



* This is the case also with the Ground Parrot. 



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