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BONTIAN PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus Bontii. P. macr, coccineus, gula grisea, alis et scapu- 

 laribus viridi variiSf rectricibm lateralibus roseis apice cceruleis. 

 Lath, ind, orn. 



Scarlet Parrakcet, with grey throat, wings and scapulars varied 

 with green, and the outside tail-feathers rose-coloured with 

 blue tips. 



Psittacus parvus Bontii. Ray, et Will, Crested red Parrakeet, 

 Lath, 



Described by Bontius in his History of Java : 

 size of a Lark : tail very long: bill and legs grey. 

 It builds in lofty trees, flies in flocks 3 in confine- 

 ment is very garrulous, and may be taught to ar- 

 ticulate. 



golden-crowned parrakeet. 



Psittacus Regulus. P. viridis, vertice aurantio, fascia alarum re- 



migibusque extus cceruleis. 

 Green Parrakeet, with orange crown, blue bar across the wings, 



and tail-feathers blue on the outsides. 

 Golden-Crowned Parrakeet. Edw, pi, 235, 

 Psittacus Brasiliensis. Lath, ind, orn. 



Size, according to Edwards, its first describer, 

 rather larger than a Blackbird ; throat yellowish, 

 with a tinge of dull red ; bill black : orbits bare 

 and flesh-coloured. Native of Brasil. 



