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RED-SIDED PARROT. 



Psittacus lateralis. P. viridis, laterihus corporis tectridbusque alarum 



inferioribus rubris, remigibus margine cceruleis. 

 Green Parrot, with tiie sides of the body and under wing-coverts 



red, and Ihe quill-feathers edged with blue. 

 Green and Red Chinese Parrot. Edw.pL 231. 

 Psittacus Sinensis. Lntk, ind. orn. 

 Perroquet vert de la Chine. Buff, ois. PL EnL 5 14. 

 Perroquet a flancs rouges. Levaill. pi, 132. 



This fine species was first described and figured 

 by Edwards, under the title of the Green and Red 

 Parrot from China. It is however in reality a 

 native of the Molucca islands, where it was ob- 

 served by Sonnerat. It is one of the largest of 

 the Parrot tribe, being of the size of a middling 

 Hen. The colour of the plumage is a fine bright 

 green, with a cast of yellow on the under parts: 

 the sides of the body beneath the wings, as well 

 as the whole under wing-coverts, are red: the 

 ridges of the shoulders, the larger wing-coverts, 

 and the outsides of the larger quill-feathers are 

 blue: the insides of the quill-feathers and the under 

 side of the tail are of a dusky colour, the tips of 

 the tail on the under side inclining to yellow: the 

 irides of the eyes are orange-yellow, and the eyes 

 are closely surrounded with feathers: the upper 

 mandible is orange-red, and the lower black; the 

 legs and feet black. Monsr. Levaillant, who has 

 given a figure of this bird, observes that authors 

 have unnecessarily divided it into two species; 



