NONPAREIL PARRAKEET. 4l i 



The Parrakeet described in Dr. Latham's Or- 

 nithology under the title of Beautiful Lory is cer- 

 tainly no other than the present species, and indeed 

 Dr. Latham, in his second Supplement, has made 

 the same observation. The specimen described 

 under that name by Dr. Latham seems not to 

 have arrived at its full colours ; the red on the back 

 being .slightly tinged with green, and the black 

 itself of a brownish cast. 



NONPAREIL PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus eximius, P. capite coUo pectoreque coccineis, alis cau- 

 daque cceruleis, dorso nigro viridi vndulato, abdomine Jiavescente, 



Parrakeet, with scarlet head, neck, and breast, blue wmgs and 

 tail, black back undulated with green, and yellowish abdomen. 



PerrUche oninicolore. LevailL 28. 29. 



Psittacus eximius. P. macrourus varius, capite gula pectore cris» 

 soque coccineis, dorso nigro Jiavo-viridi undulato, alis caudaque 

 cceruleis. Vivar. Nat. t. 93. 



Nonpareil Parrot. Long-tailed variegated Parrot, with head^ 

 throat, breast, and vent crimson, back black undulated with 

 yellow-green, and blue wings and tail. Nat. Misc. pi. 93. 

 New Holl. Zool. pi. \, 



Psittacus eximius. I ^^^,^^^^^^^ 2. 

 Nonpareil Parrot. ) 



This most beautiful species, which was first de- 

 scribed by myself in the Naturalist's Miscellany, 

 and afterwards in the Zoology of New Holland, is 

 in size, shape, and general distribution of colours, 

 greatly allied to the Pennantian Parrakeet : the 

 colours themselves however, on some parts of the 



