194 PARROT. 



towards the end yellowish ; quills edged and tipped with dusky 

 black ; legs red. 



Inhabits the Isle of Tanna, in the South Seas, frequenting the 

 palm trees. 



118- SMALL PARROT. 



Psittacus puaillus, hid. Om. i. 106. Shaw's Zool. viii. 471. 



Perruche k face rouge, Levail. Perroq. i. 124. pi. 62. 



Small Parrakeer, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 88. While's Journal, pi. p. 262. 



SIZE of the Guinea Parrakeet. Bill dusky, base surrounded 

 with crimson ; body olive green, paler beneath ; tail the same, shape 

 cuneiform, the inner webs of the feathers crimson at the base; legs blue. 



Inhabits New South Wales ; in some the base of the tail is yel- 

 lowish instead of red ; found in great numbers about Sydney Cove ; 

 has the brush-like tongue, well adapted to extract honey from the 

 flowers of the trees, with which almost every part of the country 

 abounds. This species is pretty common. 



A. — M. Bechstein mentions a variety having the whole face 

 crimson; upper part of the body green, paler beneath ; each feather 

 of the tail crimson within ; the end yellowish, at the bend of the wing 

 a red spot : this probably differs in sex. We have also seen a variety 

 with the lower part of the neck behind brown. 



119.— PYGMY PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus pygrnaeus, lad. Om. i. 106. Gm. Lin. i. 320. Shaw's Zool. viii. 473. 

 Pygmy Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 256. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill whitish ; cere dusky ; plumage 

 wholly bright green; insides of the quills dusky; tail cuneiform, 



