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Small Paroquet
PSITTACUS PUSILLUS
Psittacus submacrourus viridis, capistro rectricumque basi rubris. Cauda subtus flavescens, basi rubra. Remiges latere interiore fuscae. Magnitudo Psittaci Porphyrionis. Rostrum subflavescens, seu fuscoflavescens Pedes subfusci.
Green Paroquet, with somewhat lengthened tail; the feathers round the beak, and the base of the tail feathers, red.
About the size of the violet-coloured Otaheite Paroquet. The beak is yellowish, or brownish-yellow. The feet dusky. The tail feathers yellowish beneath, and red at the base. The wing feathers dusky on the interior margin.
Colour plate facing page 262 of 'The Small Paroquet'
