T H ’E 
VIOLET-BLUE PARR A K EET. 
Generic Character. 
Bill hooked. Upper mandible moveable. 
Tongue broad, flelby, and obtufe. 
Legs rather Ihort. Toes formed for climbing, 
viz. two forward and two backward. 
Specific Chara c ter • 
VIOLET-BLUE PARRAKEET, with the tail 
fomewhat elongated ; head rather crefted ; 
throat white. Length about 5 Inches, or 
fomewhat more. 
OTAHEITAN BLUE PARRAKEET. 
Latham. Synopf. p. gg. 
N. B. This bird and the Pfittacus Porphyrocephalus figured in 
the Firft Number oi this work, are very nearly of the fame 
fize and proportion. 
This diminutive fpecies is one of the moft elegant 
of its tribe. Its colour is a beautiful deep violet, ex¬ 
cept on the throat and upper part of the breaft, where 
it is white; but in fome fpecimens flightly tinged with 
dufky. 
