Part 1

Produced by Tom Cosmas, from materials obtained at The Internet Archive

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._