218 PARROT. 



The above described from Du Tertre, who met with it at 

 Guadaloupe ; and he adds, that it erects the feathers as a ruff round 

 the head, in which it seems to admire itself, as a Peacock when it 

 spreads the tail : it must have been very plentiful, as this author 

 mentions their being fat at certain seasons, and much coveted for 

 food ; and also, that they are remarkably tame, for a pair having made 

 a nest in a large tree, not far from his habitation, the male and female 

 alternately came there for food, and afterwards brought their young, 

 as soon as able to fly. How far this may also belong to the three 

 last described, we must leave others to determine. 



152.— RED-CROWNED PARROT- Pl. XXVIII. 



Psittacus galeatus, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxiii. 



Red-crowned Parrot, Got. Syn. Sup. ii. 369. pi. 140. Shaw's Zool. viii. 523. 



SIZE of the Grey Parrot. Length thirteen inches ; the bill yel- 

 lowish ; plumage dusky, slightly glossed with green, margins of the 

 feathers very pale ; on the head very full, so as to enable the bird to 

 erect them as a crest at will ; the whole of these are deep scarlet, 

 except the chin, which is dusky ; under parts of the body paler than 

 above, undulated with a mixture of reddish and green, arising from 

 the margins of the feathers being of those colours ; but not very con- 

 spicuous, except towards the bottom of the belly, where the red 

 predominates ; quills and tail plain dusky ; the latter nearly even in 

 length, and appearing somewhat undulated with darker in a strong 

 light ; legs dusky. 



The female is above much like the other, but the feathers more 

 conspicuously barred with paler colour, especially the quills and tail, 

 in which the bars are six or seven in number ; the head tufted with 

 loose feathers as in the former, but of the same colour as the back ; 

 chin dusky green ; breast and belly barred across beautifully with 

 red, yellow, and brown, growing more dull towards the vent. 



