276 PARROT. 



233.— GREEN PARRAKEET. 



Psitt. Tirica, bid. Orn. i. 134. Gm. Lin. i. 351. Rail. 34. 3. Will. 78. Id. Engl. . 



1 16. Buf. vi. 281. 

 Psitt. Braziliensis, Bris. iv. 382. Id. 8vo. ii. 147. 

 La petite Jaseuse, PI. enl. 837. 

 Tirica Parrot, Shaw's Zool. viii. 552. 

 Green Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 320. Brown Jam. 473. 



BIGGER than the Guinea Parrakeet. Bill flesh-colour ; eyes 

 black ; plumage wholly green ; paler beneath ; legs bluish . 



It is probable that both these last inhabit the Philippine Isles, 

 and are related to each other ; perhaps differing in sex. In both the 

 bills are red, and in both there is a spot on the chin, though not 

 equally large. The Toui is said to have a glossy chestnut spot on the 

 wing, but this is not represented in the plate referred to by Buffon ; 

 on the contrary, the Tirica, which is said to be wholly green, such a 

 kind of mark is sufficiently conspicuous. 



Sonnerat met with one in the Philippine Isles, which he com- 

 pares to the Tui-tirica of Marcgrave. In the PI. enlum. one of these 

 birds has the tail feathers rounded at the ends, in the other they are 

 rather sharp. 



234— CAYENNE PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus Sosove, Ind. Orn. i. 134. Gm. Lin. i. 352. 



Pettite Perruche de Cayenne, Sosove. Buf. vi. 2S0. PI. enl. 456. 2. 



Sosove Parrot, Shaw's Zool. viii. 552. 



Cayenne Parrakeet, Gen. Syn. i. 520. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill grey; plumage wholly 

 green, except a light yellow spot on the wings, and another on the 

 tail coverts ; legs grey. 



