520 



BLUE-CAPPED PARROT. 



in the work entitled Museum Carlsonianum. 

 Monsr. Virey also, in Sonnini*s edition of Buffon, 

 has continued the error, by repeating Sparmann's 

 description of the young male under the title of 

 Papegay a front blanc. 



BLUE-CAPPED PARROT. 



Psittacus gramiiieus. P. viridis suhtus olivaceo-JiavescenSf ptle6 

 ccBruIeo. 



Green Parrot, yellowish-olivaceous beneath, with blue crown. 

 Psittacus gramineus. Amboina Parrot. Lath. 

 Grand Perroquet vert a tete bleue. Bvff. ois. 

 Perroquet d'Amboine. PL Enl. 862. 

 Perroquet a calotte bleue. Levaill. pi, 121, 



This is a large and elegant species, equal in 

 size to the Mealy Parrot, and measuring sixteen 

 inches in length : the crown of the head, from the 

 base of the upper mandible to some distance be- 

 yond the eyes, is sky-blue : the back of the neck 

 and whole upper parts of the bird full grass-green ; 

 the whole under parts, from the base of the lower 

 mandible to the end of the tail, pale yellow-green. 

 In the description given by the Count de BufFon 

 the under parts are said to be olive-green, and 

 are represented of that colour in the Planches 

 Enluminees, No. 862. but in the elegant figure 

 given by Monsr. Levaillant the colour is rather 

 pale yellow, accompanied by a slight suboliva- 

 ceous cast: the bill is pale rufous or yellow-brown, 

 an(J from its corners to the eyes runs a narrow 



