GOLDEN-CROWNED PARRO- 
QUET. 
In the Linnsean List of Edwards's Gleanings, 
this bird, which is on the same plate with the 
Least Green and Blue Parroquet, is called, 
by some mistake, the Psittacus Passerinus: 
that, however, is the Linnjean name of tlie 
latter bird; the English appellation of which 
is omitted in the list, as well as the Linnseaii 
name of the former, or Golden-Crowned Fm - 
roqaet. It appears to have escaped the atten- 
tion, either of Linn^us, or his transcriber, 
that there were two figures on this plate. In- 
deed, we have seen frequent demonstrations 
of the many errors, and absurdities, which 
arise, in works of Natural History, from re- 
presenting different objects on a single plate. 
This beautiful bird is, in fa6l:, tlie Psittacus 
Aureus, or Golden Parrot, of Linnseus and 
Gmelin ; the Psittaca Brasiliensis, of Brisson ; 
and the Golden-Crowned Parroquet, of Buf- 
fon, Edwards, and Latham, 
Our figure, which is that of Edwards, is 
thus described by this excellent ornithologist ; 
who 
