RING PARROQUET* 
This is the entire account given by BufFon 
of Linnaeus's Psittacus Alexandri ; which evi- 
dently derives it's trivial name from the cir- 
cumstance of having been first noticed during 
the Indian expedition of Alexander the Great, 
As we have copied the excellent figure of 
Edwards, we shall make use of his very exact 
description. V/ e cannot, however, adopt his 
idea, that this bird may possibly be the Male 
of the Blue-Headed Parroquet., which he has 
delineated on' the same plate. 
" The Ring Parroquet, and the Blue- 
Headed Parroquet, are both of the same shape 
and make, every way ; and may, possibly, be 
Male and Female : their size is that of a 
Dovehouse or Wild Pigeon. Both these birds 
have their bills wholly red ; the insides of their 
eyes orange-coloured ; and a narrow flesh- 
coloured skin on the basis of their bills, in 
which the nostrils are placed: they have each 
of them, also, a little space of flesh-coloured 
skin round their eyes. The legs and feet in 
both are ash-coloured. 
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