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Edwards, George, 1694-1773. / Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, etc. most of which have not, till now, been either figured or described
(1758)

Chap. XXV. Pla. 235. The golden-crowned parrakeet, and the least green and blue parrakeet; La perruche couronnée d'or, et la plus petite des perruches, verte et bleuë,   pp. 50-52 ff.


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the Well Indies, which I have fince been
farther confirmed in, by feeing fix or more
of the felf-fame fpecies in a cage together,
at the houfe of the Right Honourable Sir
Charles Wager, then Firft Lord of the
Admiralty; whofe Lady told me, they
were brought from the Weft Indies. I can
find no defcription of any fpecies of Parrot.-.
agreeing with this ; fo I conclude it to be a
non-defcript.
occafiou de mi'en convaincre, en avant rvu dit
7noins une denzi-douzaine enfemble dans une
cage, chez le Chevalier Charles Wager, qui
etoit alors premiier Seigneur de l'Amiraute, et
doxt l'epoufe me dit qu'ils avoient ete' apport's
des Indes-Occidentales.  )e ne fraurois trou-
uer de d~efcrrption d'aucune forte de Perroquet
qui s'accorde avec celui-ci; ainfi je conclus
que c'efi un de ceux, qui n'ont point encore
e'te decrits.
CH AP.
7he Golden-crowned Parrakeet,
AN D
7Ve Leaft Green and Blue Parrakeet.
'T4 HE firfit of thefe, which is the largefl
T figure in the plate, is drawn but a little
lefs than life, the bird itfelf being as big,
or rather bigger than a blackbird.
The bill is black: the upper mandible
is hooked at the point, and hath angles on
the fides:  there is a narrow  fkin of a
bluifh fleflh-colour round the bafe of the
upper mandible, in which the noftrils are
placed: the eye hath a fpace of kin void
of feathers round it of the faine colour
the iris of the ey'c, and a plat of feathers
from the upper part of the beak to the
mi~id'e of the crown of the head, is of a
brigh t orange-colour ; the reft of the head,
the neck, back, upper tides of the wings
an(1 tail, are of a fLll dar kifli green colour:
the throat is of a yellowiffi-green, tinatured
with a reddifh-brown : the breaft, belly,
fides under the wings, thighs, and covert-
XXV. P LA. 235.
La Perruche couronne d'or,.
E T
La plus petite des Perruches, verte
et bleue.
,A plus grande figure de la planche re-
prefente le premier de ces oifeaux: on l a
deljj‡ie'un peu pluspetit quele naturel, loifeaz
mei    tant au1/| gros, ou plaitot tant foit pecU
plus gros qu'un unerle.
Le bec el -oir; la milchoire fiuperieure en
e   crochu     la lpsite, et el'e a des angle/.
aj fes bord3: il y a autour de fa bafe utne
peau gt,-0ite d'une couleur de chair bleudtre, ol7
les ncfwaux jfnt place's: il y a autour des
yeux une bande de peau r qfe de la mieme cout-
leur:  les iris des yeux  Jont d'une couleur
d'orange trés vi; auji bien qu'une grande
tacdle fiorpee par des plumes, qui prennent
dclpuis la bqafe de la macljoire /itirieure dii bec,
jzjjues fur le fomnzet de la tete: le re/le de'
la tete eJI, dcenieme qme le ccu, le dos, le deius
des ailes et de la qucue, d'un gros vert pu7:
la gorge eJl d'un vert jauawitre, avec un me-
lange de rouge terne; l'ejiomach, le ventre,
les cotves jous les ailes, les cuiffes, et les cou-
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