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RED-MASKED PARROT. 



sil. Monsr. Levaillant considers this as a truly- 

 distinct species, and not a yellow variety of any 

 other kind 5 which however seems very doubtful. 



SENEGAL PARROT. 



Psittacus Senegalus. P. mridis, capUe collogue canis, pectore 'cire- 



scente, abdomine Jlatio, 

 Psittacus Senegalus, P. viridis subtus luteus, capite cinereo, orbitis 



nigris nudis. Lath* ind, orn. 

 Perroquet a tete grise. Buff, ois, Lemill. pi 11?. 

 Petite Perruche du Senegal. FL Enl. 288. 



Length about seven inches: habit stout; tail 

 very short: bill and legs dusky. In the female 

 the grey colour of the head has a greenish cast. 

 Native of Senegal. A variety of this species is 

 mentioned by Levaillant, in which the whole bird 

 is yellow, except the tips of the wings, which are 

 slightly tinged with green. 



red-masked parrot. 



Psittacus personatus. P. viridis, facie gulaque coccineis, vertict 



suhviolaceo, tectricibus inferioribus cmrulds. 

 Green Parrot, with scarlet face and throat, subviolaceous crown, 



and blue under wing-coverts. 

 Le Perroquet GeolFroy. Lemill, pi. 112, 1 13. 



Size and habit of the Senegal Parrot: colour 

 grass-green : the top of the head, in the male, pale 

 violet-blue ; the forehead, cheeks, and throat scar- 

 let j and the under wing-coverts pale-blue: the 



