JONQUIL PARRAKEET, 4^7 



thoat and breast are pale red, and five of the wihg- 

 coverts yellow : tail yellowish : legs greenish-grey. 

 This is described by Osbeck, who observed it in 

 Java, and considers it as a variety of the Alex- 

 andrine. 



BLUE-HEADED PARRAKEET. / 



Described by Brisson, who says it is of the si^e 

 of a common Parrakeet, and about eleven inches 

 and a half in length : the upper mandible yellow 

 with a cinereous tip, the lower cinereous: head 

 blue with a tinge of red on the forehead, and of 

 violaceo-cinereous on the throat: colour of the 

 upper parts deep shining green, the wings tipped 

 with cinereous, the shafts of the quill-feathers black: 

 upper part of the breast, and under parts of the 

 bird tinged, or rather varied with yellow : tail- 

 feathers blueish towards the tips, and yellowish on 

 their inner webs : legs ash-coloured. Native of 

 the East Indies. Quer. Whether it be any thing 

 more than the blue-headed variety already de- 

 scribed, with the additional circumstance of being 

 varied beneath with yellow ? 



JONQUIL parrakeet. 



This most elegant bird is described and figured 

 as a distinct species in Dr. Latham's second Sup* 



