RED-BAR PARROT. 



toms of the blue quills: all the remainder of the 

 covert-feathers, both above and beneath, are green : 

 the two middle feathers of the tail are a little 

 longer than those on the sides, but not so as to 

 make it one of the long or pointed-tailed Parrots: 

 the upper side of the tail is green, except the 

 outer webs of the two outermost feathers, which 

 are blueish : the inner webs of the tail-feathers are 

 red, till within less than an inch of their tips, which 

 are wholly green; and the outer webs of the two 

 outer feathers, which are blue above, are light 

 green beneath: the legs and feet are ash-colour, 

 I take it to be from the West Indies." 



RED-BAR PARROT. 



Psittacus signatus. P. vtridis, remigibus extus cccruleiSf tectricibm 

 majoribus rubris, cauda subtus versus basin rubra. 



Green Parrot, with the quill-feathers blue externally, the larger 

 coverts red, and the tail red beneath towards the base, 



Le Petit Perroquet Vert. LevailL pL 105. 



Little Green Parrot ? £c?iy, 1 68. an var? 



This species has all the upper parts of its 

 plumage of a fine green colour, with a yellowish 

 cast on the under parts, and a slight blueish or 

 glaucous tinge on the back and shoulders: the 

 largest row of wing-coverts, or those immediately 

 covering the quilLfeathers, are scarlet: the larger 

 quill-feathers dusky, with the outward edges blue: 

 the smaller quill-feathers green, like the back: the 



