Parrots / by Prideaux J. Selby.

  • Prideaux John Selby
Date:
[1845-46]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Parrots / by Prideaux J. Selby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FESTIVE PARROT. ]23 band and eye-streak are deep red, with a purplish tinge. Above and behind the eyes, the feathers are pale azure-blue. The lower back and rump are deep vermilion-red, the greater quills and seconda- ries have their outer webs of a deep blue, the interior webs being greenish-black. The remainder of the plumage of the upper and under parts of the body is green. The tail is short, being about four inches in length, nearly even at the end, the outmost fea- ther on each side, with its exterior web, margined with blue; the rest are green, with a small spot of pale red near their bases, except the two interme- diate feathers, which are wholly green. The legs are stout, and of a bluish-grey or leaden colour. AMAZONS’ PARROT. Psittacus Amazonius Auctorum. Psittacus Amazonius, Briss. Av. 4. p. 256 Wagler, Mon. Psitt. in Abhand. ^c. p. 496. and 588 Spisp. Av. Bras. p. 45 Le Peroquet Amazone, Buff. PI. Enl. 547 Aourou Parrot, Shaw's Zool. 8. p. 508. pi. 76. The true Amazons’ Parrot has so frequently been confounded and mixed up with other nearly allied species, that a description of it may not be unac- ceptable to our readers, especially as it is a kind frequently brought to Europe, on account of its col- loquial powers, and known, like others of its con-
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