Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidæ, or Parrots The greater part of them species hitherto unfigured, containing forty-two lithographic plates, drawings from life, and on stone
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE FAMILY OF PSITTACIDÆ,
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. Palæornis Novæ Hollandiæ. New Holland Parrakeet (male and female). 28. ---- melanura. Black-tailed Parrakeet. 29. ---- anthopeplus. Blossom-feathered Parrakeet. 30. ---- rosaceus. Roseate Parrakeet. 31. ---- Columboïdes. 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. ---- Tarantæ. Abyssinian Parrakeet. 40. ---- torquata. Collared Parrakeet. 41. ---- rubrifrons. Red-fronted Parrakeet. 42. ---- Swinderniana. Swindern's Parrakeet.