THE GOLDEN GREEN PARRAKEET. 



PSITTACUS SWJJNSOXIT BROWN. 



PLATE 19. 



The plumage above is entirely green, beneath 

 paler, and inclining more to yellow, and of a fine 

 golden tinge ; just under the lower mandible is a 

 dark umber coloured spot, and a very narrow line 

 of the same in front, just above the nostrils ; the 

 quills dark green, the greater ones on their outside 

 base are blue ; the spurious wings are of a rich and 

 clear orange. The inner wing coverts are green ; the 

 inside of the quills is greenish blue, except on each 

 side of the shafts, where there is a line of black ; 

 the tail is short and cuneated, hardly projecting an 

 inch beyond the wings, both above and below 

 green, the interior margin dirty yellow ; the bill 

 and legs are of a flesh colour. Total length, six 

 inches. 



This bird was first figured and described by that 

 excellent ornithologist, William Swainson, Esq. in 

 his Zoological Illustrations , under the specific appel- 

 lation of Vaillantii, but we have changed it to 



