222 PARROT. 



158— LITTLE DUSKY PARROT. 



Psittacus purpureus, Ind. Om.'i. 129. Gm. Lin.'u 346. 



infuscatus, Nat. Misc. No. 789. 



Perroquet violet, Barrer. Ft. eq. 144. 



Papegai violet, Buf. vi. 244. PL enl. 408. 



Femelle clu Perroquet a Camail bleu, Lecail. pi. 115. 



Little dusky Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 392. Mdw. pi. 315. Shaw's Zool. viii. 564. 



IN this the bill is dusky, with an orange- coloured spot on the 

 sides ; top and sides of the head, below the eyes, black, glossed with 

 blue on the crown; eyes dark, in a light blue skin; round the 

 throat, and hind part of the head, a ring, marked with dusky spots 

 on a fillemot ground; hind part of the neck, back, rump, and 

 wing coverts dark brown black; quills fine blue ; tail dark blue when 

 closed, but the inner webs of the side feathers are reddish, except 

 the tips, which are blue ; breast, belly, and thighs purplish ; legs 

 dusky. 



Inhabits Surinam, also Guiana ; but is not much sought after, 

 from not having the faculty of learning words; is called by the 

 French Perroquet violet. M. Levaillant supposes this to be the 

 female of the Blue-headed Species. 



A. — In the Leverian Museum was seen a variety, if not a female. 

 The colour of the plumage an irregular mixture of black, blue, and 

 brown ; about the head the violet predominated ; on the breast, and 

 under parts the brown, which inclined to chestnut; not the least 

 trace of the dusky and fillemot ring conspicuous, otherwise much 

 like that figured by Edwards. 



