ROSE-HEADED PARRAKEET. 435 



corresponding circle of sea-green, a tinge of 

 which colour is also observable in the shoulders 

 and rump ; the two middle tail-feathers are of a 

 fine deep ultramarine blue, with white tips; the 

 two next pair have yellowish tips, while the re- 

 maining ones are blueish-green on their exterior 

 sides, and yellowish on the interior : the legs and 

 feet are pale grey. This species is a native of 

 India and some of the Indian islands, and varies 

 somewhat as to the colour of the head in different 

 individuals; the deep rose-colour prevailing in 

 some, and the blue in others, while in some the 

 breast is tinged with rose-colour, and in others the 

 head has a cast of green, and the ring round the 

 neck is wanting; perhaps from not having arrived 

 at full perfection of plumage. A most beautiful 

 specimen of the Rose-Headed Parrakeet was pre- 

 served in the Leverian Museum, and is described 

 and figured in the fourth number of the work en- 

 titled Museum Leverianum. This species is also 

 most elegantly figured in the superb work of Monsr. 

 Levaillant, under its Indian name of Fridytutah. 



