GROUND PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus terrestris. P. viridis nigro Jlavoque fnaculatus, capistro 

 rubro, cauda flam fasciis mmerosis nigris, ZooL Neiv HolL 

 No. 1 . pi. 1 . Nat. Misc, vol. 7. pL 228. Museum Leveri" 

 mum, p. 217. 



Green Parrakeet, spotted with black and yellow; with red 



frontlet, and yellow tail crossed by numerous black bars. 

 Psittacus formosus. Lath. ind. orn, 

 _Xa Perruche ingambe. Levaill. pi. 32. 



A HIGHLY elegant and singular species: size 

 that of a Turtle ; ground-colour green, brightening 

 almost into yellow on the back, and yellow-green 

 beneath : whole plumage on the upper parts beau- 

 tifully variegated with black, each feather being 

 crossed by three or four bars of that colour: larger 

 wing-feathers plain green, inclining to blue on the 

 edges ; some of the interior ones marked by a yel- 

 low spot, and forming a yellow bar when the wings 

 are spread : forehead as far as the eyes red : tail 

 strongly cuneated, and consisting of sharp-pointed 

 feathers of the finest jonquil yellow, crossed by 

 very numerous arrow-shaped black bars, the forks 

 pointing downwards; the two middle feathers green, 

 with numerous paler bars of the same shape : bill 

 and legs horn-coloured; the structure of the feet 

 remarkable, the toes being of a more slender and 

 lengthened shape than in the rest of the Parrot 

 tribe, and the exterior hind-claw remarkably long. 

 In its habits also this bird departs from the rest of 



