450 MEXICAN YELLOW PARKAKEET. 



preceding species, which the plate referred to in 

 the Planches Enlumin6es evidently represents. 



VAR. 



MEXICAN YELLOW PARRAKEET. 



In size it is equal to the common Parrakeet, and 

 measures about eleven inches in length : the head 

 is pale red, the neck orange-coloured : the back, 

 rump, breast, belly, sides, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts are light yellow : the upper wing-coverts 

 varied with green, red, and orange : the quill-fea* 

 thers green, the tail pale yellow, and the bill red- 

 dish. Native of Mexico. 



I conclude the account of the Solstitial Parrakeet 

 by proposing a query, viz. whether the Illinois and 

 Caroline Parrakeets may not in reality be varieties 

 of the same species, viz, the Solstitial Parrakeet, 

 differing only in sex, and the more or less advanced 

 state of their respective plumage } 



