THE ZONED PARROT. 



PSITTACUS ZOXAEILTS. — SHAW. 



PLATE 29. 



The whole head of the Zoned Parrot is of a 

 deep velvet black; having a crescent shaped 

 collar of yellow, and a zone of the same colour 

 invests the centre of its abdominal region ; all the 

 rest of the plumage is of a leek green, which extends 

 to the tail feathers, the lateral ones being of a dull 

 lilac on their exterior edges ; the smaller and middle 

 wing coverts are of the same green as the rest of 

 the bird ; the lower part of the greater coverts and 

 quills are deep black, as well as the legs and feet ; 

 the bill is pale raw umber brown. It is the same size 

 as the Tabuan Parrot, and inhabits New Holland. 



Although the Zoned Parrot is not remarkable for 

 the beauty of its plumage, it is reckoned a bird • of 

 considerable elegance of form, and is said to be very 

 lively and affectionate in a domesticated state. 



