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enerally thrown carelefly into the ftreets, &c. and the legifktive body of the 

 lfiand were ib fenfible of this, that they have carefully provided for its fafety, as a 

 bird of general ufe and benefit to the iiland. 



Thefe birds are of a very alkalefcent nature, and ftink much in a few minutes 



after they are killed ; they are no great breeders. 



PSITTACUS i. Maximus* ceruleo varius, caudd pro- ~\ 



,. du5l j' . ' A ., r r . (The blue Mackaw of . 



Piittacus cauda cuneiformi, temporibus 72udis: lineis > 





pliimofis. L. S. IN. 



Piittacus maximus alter Jon ft. Barr. 



Edwards. 



This beautiful bird is a native of Jamaica^ tho' feldom catched there ; moft of 

 thofe that are generally feen about gentlemen's houfes, being introduced there from 

 the main, where they are more common. I have feen one or two of thefe birds 

 wild in the 'woods of St. Ann's, and yet keep fome of the feathers of one that was 

 killed there by me ; but they are very rare in the iiland, and keep generally in the 

 moft unfrequented inland parts. 





PSITTACUS 2. Maximus coccineo varius, 



caudd product a. 



Piittacus caudd cuneiformi, temporibus nu-fThz red Mackaw of Edwards. 



dis rugofis, L. S. N. 

 Piittacus maximus Jonf. Barr. 



This beautiful bird is « 

 fo agreeable an appearanc 

 brought there from the 

 common. 



rge as the foregoing, and of a more gaudy though not 

 It is not a native of yamaica, but they are frequently 

 ghbouring parts of the main, where they are pretty 



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PSITTACUS 3. Mino 



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dis caudd 



du&d, 



The fmall g 



--tailed 



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This is a native of y, 



hardy bird 



and often proves good -, but 



not reckoned 







PSITTACUS 4. Medius viridis lutco quand 





nfirnd ft 



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The Mujkeeto-Jh 

 Parrot. 



This fpecies comes from that part 01 



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the main continent commonly died the 

 Mujkeeto-jbore 5 and generally proves better than any of the other forts, if taken 

 while young. The eyes are black, as well as the prominent waxen part between 

 the forehead and the bill ; and as the feathers, which are all green at tirft, fall off, 



they are commonly fucceeded by others of a yellow colour. 







PSITTACUS 5. Medius viridis lutco quandoque varius 



angiitis alarum rubris. 



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PSITTACUS 6. Medius cinereo ccerulefcens^ caud, 



The Main- Parrot. 



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rubra, 



The Guinea Parrot 



This bird is often brought to yamaica in the African (hips, and generally turn 

 out well when taken up young, which may be known by the hue of the iris, that 

 part of the eye being generally of the colour of the down of the cotton-tree, wr :h 

 is a faint grey at firftj bat it changes with age, and runs through all the ftages to a 

 milk white, and from thence to a yellowith white, which is its (landing colour when 



bird is old 



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