PARROT. 213 



Inhabits Madagascar. That described by Edwards, had three 

 or four white feathers in each wing. It may be observed, that in this 

 bird the bill is much smaller, and the tail longer than is usual in any 

 of the genus. 



145. VASA PARROT. 



Le grand Vasa, Levail. Perr. pi. 81. 

 Vasa Parrot, Shaw's Zool. viii. 528. 



LENGTH twenty-one inches. Bill large, whitish; plumage 

 wholly black, with a cast of grey or brown, in different lights ; tail 

 somewhat long ; orbits naked, nearly white ; legs black. 



Said to inhabit the southern parts of Africa. Described from a 

 specimen in the cabinet of M. de Breukelvaart, of Amsterdam. 



146 — MASCARINE PARROT. 



Psittacus mascarinus, Ind.Orn.i. 111. Lin.Mant. 1771. p. 524. Gin. Lin. i. 333. 



Bris. iv. 315. Id. Suo. ii. 128. 

 Mascarin, Buf. vi. 120. pi. 5. PI. enl. 35. Levail. Perr. pi. 139. 

 Mascarine Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 265. Shaw's Zool. viii. 528. 



LARGER than the ash-coloured species ; length thirteen inches 

 and a half. Bill and cere reddish ; base of the bill surrounded with 

 black, for half an inch in breadth; orbits bare, light red ; irides red ; 

 top of the head, and hind part of the neck, pale ash ; back, rump, 

 forepart of the neck, breast, belly, sides, scapulars, upper and 

 under wing and tail coverts, and greater quills, deep ash ; tail the 

 same, in shape rounded ; legs pale flesh-colour. 



