266 PARROT. 



219- SAPPHIRE-CROWNED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus Galgulus, Ind. Orn. i. Lin. i. 150. Mus. Ad. Ft. ii. p. 16. Amcen. ac. iv. 



236. Gm. Lin. i. 349. Osb. It. 101. Bor. Nat. ii. 95. Spa/owsck. Vog. ii. t. 6. 



Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 182. 

 Psittacula Malaccensis, Bris. iv. 386. Id. 8vo. ii. 148. 

 Petite Perruche de Lueon, Son. Voy. 76. pi. 33— lower fig. 

 Perruche a tete bleue de Perou, Buf. vi. 162. PL enl. 190. 2. 

 Sapphire-crowned Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 312. Edw. pi. 293. 1. Shaw's Zool. viii. 550. 



RATHER Jess than the Guinea Parrakeet ; length under five 

 inches. Bill grey ; plumage green, paler beneath ; top of the head 

 blue ; above the breast an oval red spot ; on the neck behind, near 

 the back, a transverse stripe of yellow ; upper tail coverts red ; legs 

 grey. 



Inhabits Sumatra, Java, and Luconia : as to its being a native of 

 Peru, as the PI. enl. says, it may be justly doubted; the circumstance 

 which gave rise to the assertion, might be from its having been 

 brought from thence as a caged bird. — In Edwards's figure is a yellow 

 spot in the middle of the back. 



A.— Psitt. Philippensis, Bris. iv. 392. t. 30. 1. Id. Svo. ii. 150. Gm. Lin. i. 349. 

 Perruche des Philippiues, Coulacissi, Buf. vi. 169. PI. enl. 520. 

 Philippine Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 311. Shaw's Zool. viii. 550. 



Length five inches. Bill red; plumage green, brighter beneath ; 

 forehead, throat, and fore part of the neck red ; head yellow green ; 

 beneath the hind head a transverse orange band ; rump and tail 

 coverts red ; greater quills blackish, with deep green edges ; tail 

 rounded, and nearly hid by the red upper coverts ; legs red. 



The female differs, in having no red on the throat, and fore part 

 of the neck, nor the orange mark beneath the hind head ; but instead 

 of these, a blue-green spot on each side between the eye and bill. 



