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VIOLET PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus Porphyrio, P. molaceo-cxruhus, vertice stibcristato, gula 

 alba. 



Violet-blue Parrakeet, with slightly-crested crown^ and white 

 throat. 



Psittacus Taitanus, Lath. ind. orn. 



Psittacus Porphyrio. Violet-Blue Parrakeet. Nat, Misc. pi. 7« 

 La Perruche Arimanon. Levatll. pL 65. 

 Isa Perruche Sparman. Levaill. pi. 66, 



A SIZE smaller than the Blue-crested Parrakeet, 

 which it resembles in shape: sometimes varies in 

 having no white on the throat: bill orange; legs 

 fiesh-colour. Native of some of the small South- 

 ern islands, and particularly of Otaheitee, feeding 

 on the fruit of the Banana or Musa; the struc- 

 ture of the tongue resembling that of several other 

 Southern Parrakeets, being furnished with a sort 

 of fibrous brush at the tip. 



PYGMY PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus pygiiiaeus. P. suhmacr. viridis, pennarum apice ex vire^ 

 sccnteJlavOi remigibus intus obscuris. Lath, ind. orn. 



Green Parrakeet, with the feathers tipped with yellow-green, and 

 the quill-feathers dusky within. 



Pygmy Parrakeet, Lath, syn. 



Length six inches: bill whitish; legs lead-co- 

 lour. Native of the Sandwich islands: first de- 



