1880s parrots in living color that is just about the colors they come in now, though slightly faded out. From W. T. Greene’s “Parrots in Captivity,” which was published in London in 1883. He wrote at least one other book about parakeets, too.

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PILEATED PARRAKEET. Page 23 of W. T. Greene’s Parrots in Captivity which was published in 1883 by George Bell and Sons, Covent Garden, London. Benjamin Fawcett, engraver, after a drawing by A. F. Lydon. Collections of the Smithsonian Institution. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/ParrotscaptivitIIIGree/page/n21/mode/1up
BAUER’S PARRAKEET. Page 30 of W. T. Greene’s Parrots in Captivity which was published in 1883 by George Bell and Sons, Covent Garden, London. Benjamin Fawcett, engraver, after a drawing by A. F. Lydon. Collections of the Smithsonian Institution. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/ParrotscaptivitIIIGree/page/3/mode/1up
QUAKER OR GREY-BREASTED PARRAKEET. Page 54 of W. T. Greene’s Parrots in Captivity which was published in 1883 by George Bell and Sons, Covent Garden, London. Benjamin Fawcett, engraver, after a drawing by A. F. Lydon. Collections of the Smithsonian Institution. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/ParrotscaptivitIIIGree/page/7/mode/1up
GOLDEN, OR QUEEN OF BAVARIA’S PARROT. Page 76 of W. T. Greene’s Parrots in Captivity which was published in 1883 by George Bell and Sons, Covent Garden, London. Benjamin Fawcett, engraver, after a drawing by A. F. Lydon. Collections of the Smithsonian Institution. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/ParrotscaptivitIIIGree/page/10/mode/1up
TRI-COLOURED OR BLACK-CAPPED LORY. Page 82 of W. T. Greene’s Parrots in Captivity which was published in 1883 by George Bell and Sons, Covent Garden, London. Benjamin Fawcett, engraver, after a drawing by A. F. Lydon. Collections of the Smithsonian Institution. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/ParrotscaptivitIIIGree/page/11/mode/1up
NEW GUINEA ECLECTUS. Page 138 of W. T. Greene’s Parrots in Captivity which was published in 1883 by George Bell and Sons, Covent Garden, London. Benjamin Fawcett, engraver, after a drawing by A. F. Lydon. Collections of the Smithsonian Institution. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/ParrotscaptivitIIIGree/page/19/mode/1up
MOUNTAIN PARROT. Page 178 of W. T. Greene’s Parrots in Captivity which was published in 1883 by George Bell and Sons, Covent Garden, London. Benjamin Fawcett, engraver, after a drawing by A. F. Lydon. Collections of the Smithsonian Institution. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/ParrotscaptivitIIIGree/page/24/mode/1up
GREAT SALMON-CRESTED COCKATOO. Page 202 of W. T. Greene’s Parrots in Captivity which was published in 1883 by George Bell and Sons, Covent Garden, London. Benjamin Fawcett, engraver, after a drawing by A. F. Lydon. Collections of the Smithsonian Institution. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/ParrotscaptivitIIIGree/page/27/mode/1up

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