484 RED AND WHITE PARROT. 



several birds and other subjects introduced into 

 his pubhcation, but merely a short general notice 

 of their most remarkable characters, he would, on 

 seeing this bird with the neck-feathers erected, as 

 in the representation given by Clusius, very natu- 

 rally term it a Cockatoo; and for a similar reason 

 Linnaeus might have considered it as belonging to 

 that division of the Parrot tribe. 



RED AND WHITE PARROT. 



Fsittacus erythroleucus. P, cinereus, uropygio rcmigibus rectrici- 



busque coccineis, Lin. Syat, Nat, 

 Cinereous Parrot, with bright-red quill and tail-feathers. 

 Red and white Parrot. Lath. syn. 

 Le Kakatoes a ailes et queue rouges. Buff, ois. 



First described by Aldrovandus, who informs 

 us that it is of the size of a moderately large Capon, 

 and measures seventeen inches in length ; the head 

 and neck thick; the whole body white, but mode- 

 rately shaded with dusky, so as to appear ash- 

 coloured; the bill black, with the hooked part 

 longer than in other Parrots; the hinder part of 

 the back, the rump, the whole tail, and prime 

 feathers of the wings scarlet; the legs blackish. 

 Aldrovandus adds that in size of body it is not in- 

 ferior to the largest and less vocal Parrots called 

 Maccaws, appearing smaller only in consequence 

 of its shorter tail. 



This species seems since the days of Aldrovan- 

 dus to have been very rarely imported into Europe, 



