RING PARROQUET. 
WE have, after Edwards, named this beau- 
iful bird simply the Ring Parroquet. It is 
he Psittacus Alexandri, of Linnaeus ; the 
?sittacus Cubicularis, of Hasselquist ; the 
'sittacus Torquatus, of Aldrovandus, and of 
£ay ; the Psittaca Torquata, of Brisson ; the 
>reat Red-Collared Parroquet, of Buffo 11 ; 
ue Alexandrine Parroquet, of Latham; and 
le Ring Parroquet, of Willugliby, and of 
Edwards. 
" Pliny, and Solinus," says BufFon, " have 
iOth described the Green Collared-Parroquet j 
vhich was the only one known in their time, 
nd which came from India. Apuleius de- 
lineates it with that elegance which he usually 
fleets ; and says, that it's plumage is of a 
iure brilliant green. The only interruption, 
f this colour is, according to Pliny, a half- 
ollar of bright red on the top of the neck, 
tldrovandus, who has collected all the par- 
ed ars, leaves no room to doubt that the 
Long- 
