PUEPLE-RINGED PARRAKEET. 



Length seventeen inches : bill as in the imme- 

 diately preceding : collar round the neck purple, 

 and the fore part of the neck and breast pale rose- 

 colour. This is figured in the work of Albin, and 

 is said to come from the East-Indies. It is per- 

 haps rather the Mustachoe Parrakeet ill figured. 



BLUE-COLLARED PARRAKEET. 



Size of a common Parrakeet: bill and irides 

 red : head, neck, and belly greyish-green : on the 

 neck a bar of pale lilac-colour, forming a collar: 

 wings and tail grass-green: on each shoulder a 

 large deep red spot. Native of the island of Lu- 

 zonia, where it was observed by Sonnerat, and 

 though sometimes considered as a distinct species, 

 seems too nearly allied to the Alexandrine to be 

 regarded in any other light than a variety. 



JAVAN PARRAKEET. 



Less than the common Ring-Parrakeet : upper 

 mandible pale red; lower pale yellow: head of a 

 mixed pale blue and pale yellow: temples black: 

 remainder of the bird grass-green, except that the 



