THE CAPE PARRAKEET. 



PSITTACUS CAPEXSJS, — SHAW. 



PLATE 20. 



This bird is one of the smallest of the Parrot 

 tribe, measuring only about four inches and a half 

 from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. 

 It is an inhabitant of the lower parts of Africa, near 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



The tail is short, and the bill rather small in 

 proportion to the size of the bird ; the whole of the 

 plumage is of a rich yellowish green, changing to 

 yellow in various shades of light ; the quills of the 

 wings are of a verdigris green, changing into blue ; 

 and the under wing coverts are of an extremely 

 deep and beautiful ultramarine blue, with a patch 

 of the same colour extending down a considerable 

 way on the hypochondria ; the bill is pale brown, 

 and the feet of a raw umber colour. 



