(Melopsittacus undulatus).
Parrakeet, or PARROQUET, a name very commonly given to many of the smaller species of the parrot family. The only one we shall notice is the Zebra Parrakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus), a very beautiful little species, which has often been brought to England, and will breed in confinement. In the vast inland plains of Australia this parrakeet is to be seen in flocks of many hundreds feeding on the seeds of the grasses, which afford food also to many other small species. See PARROT.