THE NONPAREIL PARRAKEET. 



rSITTACUS EXEJIIUS. —LEVAILLANT. 



PLATE 12. 



The name given to this Parrakeet, VieiUot 

 remarks, was pointed out by Nature herself, who 

 has endowed it with a rare assemblage of real 

 beauties. It presents a union of the most remark- 

 able colours and shades, which are distributed 

 among the birds of the family to which it belongs; 

 indeed, we may almost say, among birds in general. 



Ihe Nonpareil Parrakeet is middle sized and 

 finely shaped, having an elegant form, its beak 

 small, and its tail tlie same length as the body. 



The crown of the head, occiput, cheeks, and 

 throat, are of a bright scarlet, and the chin white; 

 the breast is of the same red as the throat, but 

 descending to the middle of the body, where it 

 terminates in a point. This colour, though predo- 

 mmating, is mixed with yellow ; some of the red 

 feathers are terminated by a little black point. The 

 lower covering of the tail, near the tail coverts, is 

 a^so of the same red. The under part of the body, 

 from the breast to the lower part of the abdomen, 



