_London. Published by E. Donovan, & Mess.^{rs} Simpkin & Marshall. Jan.^y 1, 1823._ ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORNITHOLOGY. PLATE XXX. PSITTACUS MELANOPTERUS BLACK WINGED PARRAKEET. ORDER PICÆ. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill falcated; upper mandible moveable and in general covered with a cere: nostrils rounded, placed in the base of the bill: tongue fleshy, obtuse, entire: feet formed for climbing. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Pale green, back and wings black: secondary wing feathers yellow, at the tip blue: tail purple with a black band. PSITTACUS MELANOPTERUS: pallide viridis, dorso alisque nigris, remigibus secundariis luteis apice cæruleis, rectricibus purpureis fascia nigra.—_Lath. Ind. Orn. T. 1. p. 132. n. 152._ PSITTACUS MELANOPTERUS: pallide viridis, dorso, tectricibus alarum, caudæ fascia remigibusque primariis nigris, secundariis flavescentibus cæruleo punctatis.—_Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. T. 1. p. 350. n. 132._ Perruche aux ailes variées.—_Buff. Hist. Nat. des Ois. 6. p. 172._ Petite perruche de Batavia.—_Buff. Pl. enlum. n. 791. f. 1._ Petite perruche de l’isle de Luçon.—_Sonner. it. p. 78. t. 41._ BLACK WINGED PARRAKEET.—_Brown Illus. t. 3._ * * * * * There are few beings of the feathered race more peculiarly distinguished for the splendid gaiety and rich variety of colours with which their plumage is adorned than the parrot race; for however they may differ in size from the magnitude of a kite or hawk, to that of the comparative diminutive thrush or sparrow, they are almost uniformly beautiful in this particular, and exhibit a diversity that is scarcely found in any other tribe. The species we have selected for our present representation is one of the smaller kinds of the family distinguished by the name of Parrakeets. Its total length is about six inches, its form robust or bulky in proportion.