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of the same family by their short square tails. They have feathered 
cheeks like Parrakeets, and their size is intermediate between them 
and the Aras. They are much appreciated on account of their 
memory, and also for their habit of repeating what they hear. 
Parrots are divided into several species, founded upon the size and 
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the predominating colour of the plumage. The first of these is the 
Grey Parrot or Jaco (Pstttacus erythacus, Fig. 167), indigenous to 
the west coast of Africa, to which the chief part of the anecdotes 
recounted in the preceding pages relate. Next come two species, 
the plumage of which is green: the most remarkable of these is the 
Amazonian Parrot (Czrysotis Amazonicus, Fig. 168), and the Festive 
Green Parrot (Chr-vsotis festivus). 
