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top of the head, as far as the eye on each side, deep purplish blue, 

 almost black, ending on the nape in a point; back part of the neck 

 green ; beginning of the back, under wing coverts, and all beneath, 

 from the chin to the thighs, crimson, deeper on the parts before ; 

 thighs and vent deep blue, or purplish black, much like the crown ; 

 wings deep green ; lower part of the back, rump, and tail paler 

 green, the last slightly cuneiform : but the singularity of this bird 

 is, in having all the feathers of the head, hind neck, and beginning 

 of the back elongated, distant, and pointed, like the hackles of a 

 cock ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits the Island of Fejee, in the Pacific Ocean, whence it is 

 brought into Tongo-taboo, and Otaheite, for the sake of the red 

 feathers in the plumage. Now and then seen alive in the latter Island.* 

 The manners are solitary, f This bird much resembles the blue- 

 crested species, but is superior in size. 



One in Lord Stanley's collection had the under tail coverts fine 

 green ; tail rounded ; a large oval space of pale red on the inner web 

 of each feather, further from the base as they are more inwards, 

 approaching to near a quarter of an inch of the tip on the two 

 middle feathers. 



113.— CHIRIPEPE PARRAKEET. 



Le Chiripepe Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 281. 



LENGTH nine inches and three quarters; breadth fourteen inches. 

 Bill dusky; eye surrounded with a naked whitish skin; irides 

 rufous ; general colour of the plumage deep green ; fore part of the 

 ueck carmelite grey ; at the lower part of the breast, and on the belly, 



* At Otaheite, and the Friendly Isles, Parrots in general are called Kakao, and the " 

 Parrakeets, Hainga.— C'oo&V last Voyage, App. , v f Mr. Anderson's MS. 



