Psittacus cyanocephalus, LINNÆUS; La Perruche à tête bleu,
BUFFON; Der Blauköpfige Sittich, BECHSTEIN.
This beautiful species is not more scarce than the preceding, and is
about the size of a turtle dove, although its length is eleven inches
and a half, six of which being included in the tail, half of this is
covered by the folded wings. The naked skin round the eyes is yellow;
the upper part of the body is green, the under part yellowish. The
forehead has some tints of red; the head is blue; the throat violet,
with a grey tint.
This parrot comes from India, and is only prized for its beauty, for it
cannot learn to speak. It must be treated like the preceding species.