Account of a Parrot hatched at Uome. 235 



ing to the Tnaitutc, and theEngllfli rule of C. Piglet, at the 

 temperature of frctziiig, the meUx's, which at that tcmpiM-a- 

 ture are equal to each "other and to the ten millionth part of 

 the quarter of the meridian, are equal to 2)9'?>^^T^ inches 

 meafured on the Englilh rule of C. Piftet. 



" Done at the i\lathi;niatical and Phyfical Clafs of the 

 National Inftitatc, Nivofe 6, (year 10). 



" (Signed) Legendkk, Mechain; 

 and Prony, Rej:orter. 

 " The Clafs approves the rcpurt, and adopts the couclu^ 

 fions. 



" Certified agreeahly to the original. 

 " Paris, Ni\olt; 26, yt-ar 10." 



i'i 



:jCL. Letter from Count Mokozzo ^ C. Lacepede, rc^ 

 f>ecluig a P.irrot hatched at Rome ; together iinth Jome 

 )bfcrvtitions on the duration of the Life of ihefc Birds*. 



IN O one c:m know better than you do, that it is impo0jble 

 ^t have the natural hiftory of birds fo complete as that of 

 jjuadrupcds, To render it more peifect, we muft colleci, a^ 

 you have done, all the new facts and corred obfervations 

 made iince the inunortal Buffon publiflied his work;, in order 

 that ue may form a nev/ one ftill more complete. That I 

 iDay contribute towards this branch of natural hiftory, permit 

 me to fend you an account of an intcreltlng ta6l, vig. the 

 liiltorv of t\vo parrots of the family of the Amazons, \vhicl> 

 laid cggj feveral times, and which iiave reared a young one, 

 brought forth at Home in the courfe of the prcfent year 1801. 



lit, 1 ihall (irlt give you a hiltory of ihefe parrots, with 

 an account of tlieir layiiig and incubation. 



2d, Of their hal/its and allachmeut, and in what maimer 

 thev rear<d the young one. 



^d, I (hall examine the fpecies to which they belong : \ 

 fliall give a dclicriptiou of the male, the female, and the 

 vouni: parrot, and compare them with thofe given by orni- 

 iiioiogilis. 



4th, I lliall relate fome very rare cafes of parrots hatched 

 ill our climates, and the ditnculties that oppofe this circum- 

 flance. 



_.jib, In the lall place, I (liall ofl'er fonie conjetFture? on th? 

 duration of the hfe of parrots compared with that ot other 

 birds, which will give me an opportunity of obfcrving that 



• t'rom t'li- jvurnM itc PL]yJique, Vcntolc, an. 10. 



tlicro 



