THE 
UNDULATED PARRAKEET. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bl/l hooked ; upper mandible moveable. 
Nostrils round, placed in the base of the bill, 
longue fleshy, broad, blunt at the end. 
Legs short: feet ^cansoriaL 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Pong-tailed green PARRAKEET, undulated 
above with brown; the throat yellowish, 
with blue spots, and the tail-feathers yeL 
low at the base. 
The highly elegant species of Parrakeet represented 
on the present plate in its natural size, is an inhabitant 
of New Holland, and seems to have been hitherto un¬ 
described. The upper parts of the bird, from the 
bill to the rump, are of a pale yellowish green, beau¬ 
tifully crossed by numerous linear brown undulations, 
which become gradually larger as they approach the 
back and shoulders j the wing-feathers are brown, with 
pale olive yellow edges; the under parts of the bird, 
together with the rump, are of an elegant pale green ; 
the throat pale 3''ellow, mottled on each side with a 
few small deep blue scattered spots, accompanied by 
