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ILLUSTRATIONS

THE FAMILY OF PSITTACIDAE,

PARROTS:


THE GREATER PART OF THEM

SPECIES HITHERTO UNFIGURED,


CONTAINING


FORTY-TWO LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES,

DRAWINGS FROM LIFE, AND ON STONE,


By EDWARD LEAR, A.L.S.


LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY E. LEAR, 61 ALBANY STREET, REGENT'S PARK.

1832.


TO THE

Queen's Most Excellent Majesty,

THIS WORK

IS, BY HER MOST GRACIOUS PERMISSION,

HUMBLY DEDICATED,


BY


HER MAJESTY'S

MOST DUTIFUL AND FAITHFUL SUBJECT,


E. LEAR.




LIST OF PLATES.


   1. Psittacus badiceps. _Bay-headed Parrot._
   2. Plyctolophus rosaceus. _Salmon-crested Cockatoo._
   3. ---- galeritus. _Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo._
   4. ---- sulphureus. _Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo._
   5. ---- Leadbeateri. _Leadbeater's Cockatoo._
   6. Calyptorhynchus Baudinii. _Baudin's Cockatoo._
   7. Macrocercus Aracanga. _Red and Yellow Maccaw._
   8. ---- Ararauna. _Blue and Yellow Maccaw._
   9. ---- hyacinthinus. _Hyacinthine Maccaw._
  10. Psittacara Patachonica. _Patagonian Parrakeet Maccaw._
  11. ---- leptorhyncha. _Long-billed Parrakeet Maccaw._
  12. ---- nana. _Dwarf Parrakeet Maccaw._
  13. Nanodes undulatus. _Undulated Parrakeet._
  14. Platycercus erythropterus. _Crimson-winged Parrakeet (adult male)._
  15. ---- erythropterus. _Crimson-winged Parrakeet (female and young male)._
  16. ---- Tabuensis. _Tabuan Parrakeet._
  17. ---- Baueri. _Bauer's Parrakeet._
  18. ---- Barnardi. _Barnard's Parrakeet._
  19. ---- palliceps. _Pale-headed Parrakeet._
  20. ---- Brownii. _Brown's Parrakeet._
  21. ---- pileatus. _Red-capped Parrakeet (adult male)._
  22. ---- pileatus. _Red-capped Parrakeet (female)._
  23. ---- Stanleyii. _Stanley Parrakeet (adult male)._
  24. ---- Stanleyii. _Stanley Parrakeet (young male)._
  25. ---- unicolor. _Uniform Parrakeet._
  26. ---- Pacificus. _Pacific Parrakeet._
  27. Palaeornis Novae Hollandiae. _New Holland Parrakeet (male and female)._
  28. ---- melanura. _Black-tailed Parrakeet._
  29. ---- anthopeplus. _Blossom-feathered Parrakeet._
  30. ---- rosaceus. _Roseate Parrakeet._
  31. ---- Columboides. _Pigeon Parrakeet._
  32. ---- cucullatus. _Hooded Parrakeet._
  33. ---- torquatus. _Rose-ringed Parrakeet (yellow variety)._
  34. Trichoglossus rubritorquis. _Scarlet-collared Parrakeet._
  35. ---- Matoni. _Maton's Parrakeet._
  36. ---- versicolor. _Variegated Parrakeet._
  37. Lorius Domicella. _Black-capped Lory._
  38. Psittacula Kuhlii. _Kuhl's Parrakeet._
  39. ---- Tarantae. _Abyssinian Parrakeet._
  40. ---- torquata. _Collared Parrakeet._
  41. ---- rubrifrons. _Red-fronted Parrakeet._
  42. ---- Swinderniana. _Swindern's Parrakeet._


[Illustration:

Psittacus badiceps.

Bay-headed Parrot.


_E. Lear del et lith._

_Printed by C. Hullmandel._]


[Illustration:

Plyctolophus rosaceus

Salmon-crested Cockatoo.


_E. Lear del et lith._

_Printed by C. Hullmandel._]


[Illustration:

Plyctolophus galeritus

Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.


_E. Lear del et lith._

_Printed by C. Hullmandel._]


[Illustration:

Plyctolophus sulphureus.

Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Plyctolophus Leadbeateri.

Leadbeater's Cockatoo.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Calyptorhynchus Baudinii. Baudin's Cockatoo.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Macrocercus Aracanga.

Red and Yellow Maccaw.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Macrocercus Ararauna.

Blue and Yellow Maccaw.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Macrocercus hyacinthinus.

Hyacinthine Maccaw.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Psittacara Patachonica.

Patagonian Parrakeet Maccaw.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Psittacara leptorhyncha.

Long-billed Parrakeet Maccaw.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Psittacara nana.

Dwarf Parrakeet Maccaw.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Nanodes undulatus.

Undulated Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus erythropterus.

Crimson-winged Parrakeet (adult male).


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus erythropterus.

Crimson-winged Parrakeet (female and young male).


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus Tabuensis.

Tabuan Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus Baueri.

Bauer's Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus Barnardi.

Barnard's Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus palliceps.

Pale-headed Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus Brownii.

Brown's Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus pileatus.

Red-capped Parrakeet (adult male).


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus pileatus.

Red-capped Parrakeet (female).


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus Stanleyii.

Stanley Parrakeet (adult male).


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus Stanleyii.

Stanley Parrakeet (young male).


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus unicolor.

Uniform Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Platycercus Pacificus.

Pacific Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Palaeornis Novae Hollandiae.

New Holland Parrakeet (male and female).


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Palaeornis melanura.

Black-tailed Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Palaeornis anthopeplus.

Blossom-feathered Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Palaeornis rosaceus.

Roseate Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Palaeornis Columboides.

Pigeon Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Palaeornis cucullatus.

Hooded Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Palaeornis torquatus.

Rose-ringed Parrakeet (yellow variety).


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Trichoglossus rubritorquis.

Scarlet-collared Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Trichoglossus Matoni.

Maton's Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Trichoglossus versicolor.

Variegated Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Lorius Domicella.

Black-capped Lory.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Psittacula Kuhlii.

Kuhl's Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Psittacula Tarantae.

Abyssinian Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Psittacula torquata.

Collared Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]


[Illustration:

Psittacula rubrifrons.

Red-fronted Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]



[Illustration:

Psittacula Swinderniana.

Swindern's Parrakeet.


_E. Lear del et lith._

Printed by C. Hullmandel.]







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