ORNITHOLOGY 



PLATE XVII. 



PSITTACUS GALGULUS 

 SAPPHIRE CROWNED PARRAKEET 



PiCiE. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill falcated ; upper mandible moveable, and in general covered 

 with a cere : nostrils rounded, placed in the base of the bill : tongue 

 fleshy, obtuse, entire : feet formed for climbing. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Green : rump and breast scarlet : crown of the male blue. 



