ASH-COLOURED AND RED PARROT. 
This bird, the Psittacus Erithacus of Lin- 
nxus, is nearly the size of a common pigeon. 
The bill, which is of a blackish colour, is 
hooked and angulated ; and the nostrils are 
situated pretty near each other, in a whitish 
skin which covers part of the bill above, the 
sides of the head being covered with a similar 
bare skin Avhich joins to the- bill forwards. 
The eyes are small, and the irides yellow. 
The plumage of the entire bird, except the 
tail, is a mixture of ash-colour and red ; but 
the shades are darker on the greater feathers of 
the wings than in other parts. The tail is 
wholly red, the feathers being short, and of 
equal lengths ; and the legs and feet are co- 
vered with a rough, scaly skin, of a dark ash- 
colour. 
The Common Ash-Coloured Parrot exadlly 
resembles this bird ; except that, in the former, 
the body is compleatly ash-coloured, lighter on 
the 
