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VAR. ? 



Psittacus phrygius. P. mridis, vertice cceruleo, tectricibus alarum 



cceruleis flavo marginatis. 

 Green Parrakeet, with blue crown, and blue wing-coverts edged 



with yellow. 



Psittacus olivaceus. Lath. ind. orn. Lin. Si/st, Nat. GmeL 



Perruche a ailes chamarrees. Buff. ois. 



Perroquet de I'isle de Lugon. PI. Enl. 28/. 



Lace-winged Parrakeet. Lath. syn. 



La Perruche aux ailes chamarrees. Levaill. pL 60, 



There is great reason for supposing this to 

 be a mere variety, owing to a different stage of 

 plumage ; or a sexual difference of the preceding. 

 Its total length, according to Levaillant, is from 

 twelve to thirteen inches ; and in size of the body 

 it is nearly equal to a common Grey Parrot : its 

 colour is deep green, somewhat yellower beneath : 

 the crown of the head is blue, the colour forming 

 a broad transverse bar on the head : the wing- 

 coverts are blue, with yellow borders, and the 

 alulet or spurious wing green: bordered in a similar 

 manner : the larger quill-feathers dusky, with yel- 

 low edges : the bill large and red 3 the tail of very 

 moderate length in proportion to the bird, and 

 not very sharply cuneated. In the Planches En- 

 luminees this bird is represented of an olive-colour, 

 and this accounts for Buffon's erroneous descrip- 

 tion of the colours, since he may be supposed, 

 according to Monsr. Levaillant, to have made 



