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418 RED-TOPPED PARRAKEET* 



blue : all the quill-feathers are deep blue, except 

 the two exterior ones^ but all of them have white 

 shafts : the irides are red : the bill red, and very 

 slightly curved : the chin ferruginous or reddish : 

 before and behind the eyes is a blue spot: the 

 w^hole breast and belly are of a vermilion red, the 

 tips of the feathers being marked with small lon- 

 gitudinal lines : the tail is very long in proportion, 

 and even longer than the whole body; the two 

 larger feathers are greenish with w hite shafts ; the 

 interior ones are deep red with black shafts; the 

 legs and feet deep black. 



RED-TOPPED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus verticalis. P. macrourus viridis, vertice medio mbrOj re- 



migihus coeruleis. Lath, ind. orn, suppL 

 Green Parrakeet, with the middle of the crown red, and blue 



quill-feathers. 

 Red-topped Parrot. Lath, suppl, 2. 



Length eighteen inches : bill large, blue, with 

 a black tip : colour of the bird dark green, paler 

 beneath; legs brown. Native of New Holland : 

 described by Dr. Latham, who observes, that it is 

 most allied to the Pacific Parrakeet, but seems tq 

 be nearly twice the ^ize. 



