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,
By EDWARD LEAR, A.L.S.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY E. LEAR, 61 ALBANY STREET, REGENT'S PARK.
1832.
TO THE
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.Psittacus badiceps.
Bay-headed Parrot.
Plyctolophus rosaceus.
Salmon-crested Cockatoo.
Plyctolophus galeritus.
Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.
Plyctolophus sulphureus.
Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.
Plyctolophus Leadbeateri
Leadbeater's Cockatoo.
Calyptorhynchus Baudinii.
Baudin's Cockatoo.
Macrocercus Aracanga.
Red and Yellow Maccaw.
Macrocercus Ararauna.
Blue and Yellow Maccaw.
Hyacinthine Maccaw.
Psittacara Patachonica.
Patagonian Parrakeet Maccaw.
Psittacara leptorhyncha.
Long-billed Parrakeet Maccaw.
Psittacara nana.
Dwarf Parrakeet Maccaw.
Nanodes undulatus.
Undulated Parrakeet.
Platycercus erythropterus.
Crimson-winged Parrakeet (adult male).
Platycercus erythropterus.
Crimson-winged Parrakeet (female and young male).
Platycercus Tabuensis.
Tabuan Parrakeet.
Platycercus Baueri.
Bauer's Parrakeet.
Platycercus Barnardi.
Barnard's Parrakeet.
Platycercus palliceps.
Pale-headed Parrakeet.
Platycercus Brownii.
Brown's Parrakeet.
Platycercus pileatus.
Red-capped Parrakeet (adult male).
Platycercus pileatus.
Red-capped Parrakeet (female).
Platycercus Stanleyii.
Stanley Parrakeet (adult male).
Platycercus Stanleyii.
Stanley Parrakeet (young male).
Platycercus unicolor.
Uniform Parrakeet.
Pacific Parrakeet.
Palæornis Novæ Hollandiæ.
New Holland Parrakeet (male and female).
Palæornis melanura.
Black-tailed Parrakeet.
Palæornis anthopeplus.
Blossom-feathered Parrakeet.
Palæornis rosaceus.
Roseate Parrakeet.
Palæornis Columboïdes.
Pigeon Parrakeet.
Palæornis cucullatus.
Hooded Parrakeet.
Palæornis torquatus.
Rose-ringed Parrakeet (yellow variety).
Trichoglossus rubritorquis.
Scarlet-collared Parrakeet.
Trichoglossus Matoni.
Maton's Parrakeet.
Trichoglossus versicolor.
Variegated Parrakeet.
Lorius Domicella.
Black-capped Lory.
Psittacula Kuhlii.
Kuhl's Parrakeet.
Psittacula Tarantæ.
Abyssinian Parrakeet.
Psittacula torquata.
Collared Parrakeet.
Psittacula rubrifrons.
Red-fronted Parrakeet.
Psittacula Swinderniana.
Swindern's Parrakeet.
Transcriber's Notes
A header for each page with a plate was added to match the plate numbers in the List of Plates. The cover was compiled from an image provided on The Internet Archive and is placed in the Public Domain.