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RED-CROWNED PARROT. 



Psittacus galeatus. P. brachyurus cristatus fusco-viridis, vertice 

 rubro, abdomine rubra viridique undulato. Lath, ind, orn. suppl. 



Dusky-green Parrot, with red crown, and abdomen undulated 

 with red and green. 



Red-crowned Parrot. Lath, syn, suppl. 2. 



Size of the Grey Parrot: length about fifteen 

 inches : colour dusky with a green gloss, the mar- 

 gins of the feathers pale: under parts paler than 

 the upper, and undulated with dull red: feathers 

 on the head deep-red, full, and forming a kind of 

 crest: bill yellow-brown; legs dusky. Native of 

 New Holland. 



DAMASK PARROT. 



Psittacus infuscatus. P. olivaceo-fuscus thalassino vatius, mar- 

 gine humeralifemoribusque aurantiis, rostro albido. 



Olivaceous -brown Parrot, varied with sea-green; the edges of 

 the shoulders and thighs orange-coloured. 



Le Perroquet a franges souci. Levaill. pi. l30. 131. 



This species is nearly equal in size to the Com- 

 mon Grey Parrot, and like that bird, is of a stout 

 habit: the colour of the head, neck, and breast is 

 olivaceous grey-brown ; the abdomen, rump, and 

 vent-feathers, bright glossy sea-green ; back and 

 wings greenish brown; edges of ^the shoulders, 

 aluleta, and thighs orange or marigold-colour; bill 



