540 ' BLUE-HEADED PARROT. 



uncommon in the cabinets of the Dutch cot 

 lectors. The individual described by Levaillant 

 was in that of the Stadholder. In the disposition 

 of its colours it is allied tp the Blue-tailed Lory, 

 but the greater length of the tail, together with 

 its different form and <:olour sufficiently prove 

 g distinct species. 



BLUE-HEADED PARROT. ^ 



Fsittacus menstruus. P. viridis, capite collo pectoreque violaceO" 



cceruleisj cris$o caudaque svibtus versus basin rubris. 

 Green Parrot, with the head, neck, and breast violet-blue; the 



vent and under parts of the tail towards the base red. 

 Psittacus menstruus. P. brachyurus viridis, capite ccerulescente^ 



crisso rubro, Lin, Syst. Nat. 

 Blue-Headed Parrot. Edw.pUZU, 

 Perroquet a Camail bleue. Levdill, pi, 

 Papegai a tete et gorge bleue. Buff, ois, 

 Perroquet a tete bleue de Cayenne. PL Enl, 354. 

 3Iue-Headed Parrot. Lath» syn, 



FEM. r 



jPsittacus purpureus. P. atro-fuscus ^ubtus purpureu$, vertice gt" 

 nisque nigris, torque ferrugineo, maculis nigricantibus. Lath, 

 ind, orn» 



Papegai violet. Buff. ois. 



Perroquet varie de Cayenne. PL Enl, 408. 



Femelle du Perroquet a Camail bleue, LevailL pi. 115. 



Little Dusky Parrot, Edw,pL315, Lath. 



Rather smaller than a Dove-House Pigeon: 

 head and neck violet-blue, shaded on the breast 

 with purple: remainder of the plumage, in the 



