One variety of the green paroquet has a curious rose-colored ring about its neck, like the turtle-dove, so delicate and uniform as to seem almost artificial.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
The little woman who sat retiringly at one end of the seat was all in brilliant colors from bonnet to flounce, like a paroquet, red and green predominating.
"Coniston, Book I."
Winston Churchill
And then, somewhere away among the cypresses the silence was broken; a paroquet began to screech.
"The Keeper of the Door"
Ethel M. Dell