BLOSSOM-CHEEKED PARRAKEET. 43? 



in an obsure corner of the room in which it was 

 kept. From the singular appearance of this spe- 

 cies when viewed in front, it has obtained among 

 the bird-dealers the name of the Jew Parrakeet. 



BLOSSOM-CHEEKED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus erubescens. P. viridis, genis nuckaque roseo-tiolaceisy 



macula utrinque postmandibulari nigra. 

 Green Parrakeet, with rose-violet cheeks and nape, and a black 



spot behind each side the bill. 

 Grande Perruche a longs brins. Buff, ois, 

 Perruche de Malac. PL Enl, 88?. 



Psittacus Ginginianus. Blossom-Headed Parrakeet. var. C. 

 Lath, 



Perruche a nuque et joues rouge. LevaiU.pl. 72. 



Length from sixteen to eighteen inches : ge- 

 neral habit that of P. Alexandri, but with an arrow- 

 shaped tail, or with the two middle feathers much 

 exceeding the rest in length : colour fine green : 

 the back and shorter quill-feathers tinged with 

 blue, and the two middle tail-feathers with violet : 

 cheeks and nape blueish rose-colour, and on each 

 side the base of the lower mandible a broad black 

 whisker-shaped spot, as in the immediately pre- 

 ceding bird: upper mandible red, lower dusky: 

 wings glossy- black beneath 5 tail dull yellow : legs 

 and feet dusky. 



