!t40 Account of a "Parrot hatched at Roine* 



or the female, has been delineated. It is well known that 

 there is a dirierence among birds according to their fex ; and 

 thfs has produced great anibiguiiy, of which many inftancea 

 might be produced : tliecale has been the fame, in my opi- 

 nion, with tlie male in queltion. 



The. male is as large as a pullet of four months old : its 

 length from the root of the bill to the extremity of the tail 

 is 14 inches. The top of its head is of a i)eautiful vellow 

 colour, which extends to the throat and the lower pan of 

 the neck. On the head, the feathers appear to have an orange 

 tint, becaufe there is a double row, the longcit of wliicli 

 are yellow, and the fliortell of a rofe coloun. The reft of the 

 neck, the upper part of the back, and the cover of the wings, 

 are of a brilliant green. The breaft and belly are of a yel- 

 lowifli green, and the lip of the wings ot a beautiful yellow 

 intermixed with orange. The pkuncs of the witigs are varie- 

 gated with blue, violet, and very bright red. The two exte- 

 rior feathers on each fide of the tail have their internal barbs 

 red at the origin of the quiil, and of a dark green at the ex- 

 tremity, which is yellowifh grv-en : the other feathers are 

 of a dark green, terminating with a vellowifh green. On the 

 thighs it has very thick yellow feathers, like breeches a la 

 Su/J/e : the bill is of an afli-gray colour, black at the tip: 

 the iris of the eye is orange : the feet are gray, and the claws 

 black. 



According to this defcription it appears that, by the head 

 and tips of the wings, it niav belong to the family of the 

 criks; but its fize, and the plumage of the back and belly, 

 feem to give it a refemblance to the firft fpecies of the yel- 

 low-headed Amazon of Bufion. The large yellow breeches 

 h III Sui//h, as far as I know, have been defcribed by 110 or- 

 nithologift; and this peculiarity is fufficiently remarkaWc to 

 make a feparate clafs : befities, the iris of the eyes of the par- 

 rots in queftion is orange inilead oF yellow, as in the criks; 

 and the bill is afli-coloured ; while that of the Amazons is 

 red at the bottom, and that of the criks white. ■ 



The female, which is fmallerthan the male, is as large as 

 a pigeon : her length from the root of the bill is only iii- 

 inches. The top of the head is yellow, and the tips of the 

 wings of a bright red. The plumage has a perfect relcm- 

 blancc to that of the yellow-he;ided Am.izon of Bufl'o'n : it is 

 certainly the PJittacus 7najor^ viridls alarum, cojla Juperne 

 ruhente, the Amazon parrot of Barrere *, and not the PJit- 

 tacus macrourus viridis, genis nudiSy bjcmeris cocclneis, Pjit" 



'■'* France Etjuinoxiale, p. 144. 



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