THE VIOLET-BLUE PARRAKEET. 



FSITTACUS PORPUYRIO. 



PLATE 35. 



This diminutive bird is one of the most elegantly 

 formed of its tribe. Its colour is of a beautiful deep 

 violet, except on the throat and upper part of the 

 breast, where it is white ; but in some specimens it 

 is slightly tinged with dusky ; the bill and legs are 

 reddish yellow, and the feathers on the head are 

 elongated, so as to form a slight crest, in the same 

 manner as the Purple-headed Parrakeet, figured in 

 Plate 32 of this volume. 



The tongue, unlike most others of its congeners, is 

 long, and terminated by a sort of pencil of short white 

 bristles. This bird is somewhat more than five 

 inches in total length. 



The Violet-blue Parrakeet is a native of the 

 island of Otaheite, 



