234 PARROT. 



175— GRISLED PARROT. 



Psittacus nasutus, Ind. Orn. i. 118. 



Grande Perruche de la Chine, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 212. 



Grisled Parrot, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 64. 



THE bill in this is as large as the head, and red ; irides bluish ; 

 head and breast pale greenish grey ; hind part of the neck, back, 

 wings, and tail grass green ; lesser wing coverts yellow ; legs grey. 



Inhabits China. From the size of the head and bill it might be 

 suspected to belong to the great-billed species before mentioned ; but 

 the latter has the tail cuneiform ; whereas, in the grisled one it is 

 even at the end; therefore, unless Sonnerat should have made some 

 mistake in this particular, I cannot agree with him in opinion. 



176— AMBOINA PARROT. 



Psittacus gramineus, Ind. Orn. i. 118. Gin. Lin. i. 338. 



Perroquet a Calotte bleue,- Levail. Perr. p. 121. 



Grand Perroquet vert a tete bleue, Bnf. vi. 221. PI. enl. 862. 



Blue-capped Parrot, Shaw's Zool. viii. 520. 



Amboina Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 579. 



LENGTH sixteen inches. Bill pale red ; forehead and crown 

 blue ; from the nostrils to the eye a narrow black streak ; the rest of 

 the plumage grass green, with a great mixture of blue on the quills ; 

 under parts of the Lody olive green ; tail short, green above, and dull 

 yellow beneath ; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits Amboina. 



