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. |
| 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). |