OBSERVATIONS.--This parrakeet, so easily distinguished by its plumage, is lively, fearful, and its cry is frequent. It learns nothing of itself, and it is with great difficulty that it can be made to repeat a few words. I have seen it, with the preceding and following species, among the beautiful collection of birds belonging to his Highness the Duke of Meiningen. THE RED-HEADED GUINEA PARRAKEET. Psittacus Manillensis, BECHSTEIN; Perruche à collier couleur de rose, BUFFON; Der Manilische Sittich, BECHSTEIN. This beautiful species, whose colours are soft and the feathers thick and silky, is hardly larger than the thrush, though its length is from fourteen to fifteen inches, two-thirds of which are included in the tail. The naked membrane is flesh-coloured, the eyelids very red. The plumage is, in general, light green. From the black throat there extends a ring round the neck, which is black at first, and afterwards pale rose colour; the back of the neck in old birds has a blue tint. In the female the black of the throat is not so wide, there is no rose-coloured ring, and the under part of the body more nearly approaches yellow. OBSERVATIONS.--This species, which is very mild, tame, and beautiful, is a native of the Philippines, particularly Manilla; some say that it is also very common in Africa. It is very pleasing, certainly, but rarely learns to speak, and then only a few words. It must be treated like other delicate species. THE PAVOUAN PARROT. Psittacus Guianensis, LINNÆUS; La Perruche Pavouane, BUFFON; Der Guianische Sittich, BECHSTEIN. This species is only twelve inches in length, including the tail, which measures six and a quarter, and has the two centre feathers three inches longer than the others. The upper part of the body is dark green, the under lighter. The cheeks are not spotted with bright red till the third year. OBSERVATIONS.--It is a native of Guiana, Cayenne, and the Caribbee Islands. Bird-sellers in Germany are generally provided with them, as they are not delicate or difficult to carry about. They must be treated like the former species. "This," says Buffon, "is, of all parrots from the new continent, the most easily taught to speak; nevertheless it is only tractable in this particular, for even after a long captivity it still preserves a native wildness and ferocity, and is sometimes stubborn and ill-humoured. But as it has a lively eye, is neatly and well formed, it is admired for its shape." THE ROSE-RINGED PARRAKEET. Psittacus pullarius, LINNÆUS; La Perruche à tête rouge, BUFFON; Der Rothköpfige Guineische Sittich, BECHSTEIN.