THE AZURE-BLUE-RUMPED PARROT. 157 



but having their interiors black ; the twelve feathers 

 of the tail are of various lengths, but not so 

 decidedly different as in many other of the Parra- 

 keets of the same division ; the inequality is less 

 between the outer lateral feathers, and the longest 

 intermediate feathers, which are of a bronzed green, 

 the laterals of a bluish violet, and the exterior 

 ones edged with green ; the upper mandible is of a 

 deep red, except at the point, which is black ; the 

 ophthalmic region is naked and black. 



The female of this Parrakeet difPers so much 

 from the male, that it might be easily mistaken for 

 a distinct species. She is less than the male bird; 

 her head, face, and back of her neck, are of a rich 

 and deep green ; the throat, sides, and fore part of 

 the neck, the breast, to the lower part of the ster- 

 num, are of a yellowish green ; like the male, her 

 tail coverts are blue, and all the abdominal region 

 and thighs are of the same red colour as in the 

 male ; the under tail coverts are green, edged with 

 red ; the scapulars, all the upper coverings, and 

 even the upper parts of the wings, are green, but 

 not of so dark a shade as in the male ; the under 

 part of the wings, and the interior edges of the 

 points of their longest quill feathers, are of a 

 I blackish tinge ; all the feathers of the tail axe 

 I green, shaded with blue, but more decided in those 

 • of the middle than in the side ones ; the beak is 

 blackish, as are also the feet. 



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