. A general history of birds . ightly glossed with green, margins of thefeathers very pale; on the head very full, so as to enable the bird toerect them as a crest at will; the whole of these are deep scarlet,except the chin, which is dusky; under parts of the body paler thanabove, undulated with a mixture of reddish and green, arising fromthe margins of the feathers being of those colours ; but not very con-spicuous, except towards the bottom of the belly, where the redpredominates; quills and tail plain dusky; the latter nearly even inlength, and appearing somewhat undulated with darker in a
. A general history of birds . ightly glossed with green, margins of thefeathers very pale; on the head very full, so as to enable the bird toerect them as a crest at will; the whole of these are deep scarlet,except the chin, which is dusky; under parts of the body paler thanabove, undulated with a mixture of reddish and green, arising fromthe margins of the feathers being of those colours ; but not very con-spicuous, except towards the bottom of the belly, where the redpredominates; quills and tail plain dusky; the latter nearly even inlength, and appearing somewhat undulated with darker in a stronglight; legs dusky. The female is above much like the other, but the feathers moreconspicuously barred with paler colour, especially the quills and tail,in which the bars are six or seven in number; the head tufted withloose feathers as in the former, but of the same colour as the back;chin dusky green ; breast and belly barred across beautifully withred, yellow, and brown, growing more dull towards the vent. ■ ^/itr/ ^rc/v/tfe/J^firrof PARROT. 219 Besides the above was one at Mr. Thompsons, St. Martins-lane,in which only part of the head had the red crest, seemingly in anintermediate state between the two former, and may fairly be supposeda young bird, not yet in adult plumage. Inhabits New South Wales. In Mr. Bullocks elegant Museumwere the two sexes above described, in fine condition, they are also inthat of the Linnsean Society. 153—ROBUST PARROT. Psittacus robustus, Ind. Orn. i. 112. Gm. Lin. i. Parrot, Gen. 296. THIS is of a stout, robust make, as large as a middle-sizedPigeon. Length twelve inches ; bill strong and white ; round thevipper mandible the feathers are blackish ; the whole head greenishgrey; the crown streaked with dusky down the middle of each feather;neck and body green, paler beneath; rump and upper tail covertsvery pale green ; wing coverts dusky black, the feathers tinged withgieen on the margins; quills brown; on the
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