FESTIVE PARROT. 



Psiitacus festivus. Auc TO R "j M. 



PLATE IX. 



Psittacus festivus, Linn Lath, <|c. Wagler, Mon. Psitt. 

 in Abhand. $c. p. 580. Le Perroquet Tahua de Cay. 



Ruff. PL Enl. 480 Perroquet Tavoua, Le Vaill pi. 129. 



Festive Parrot, Lath. Syn. i. p. 298. 102. 



WE have illustrated the American group of Parrots 

 by a figure of the Festive Parrot, which possesses all 

 the typical characteristics of the genus. It is a native 

 of South America, inhabiting Guiana, Cayenne, and 

 the Brazils, particularly the banks of the river Ama- 

 zons, and affects the forests, where it procures a con- 

 stant supply of food in the various seeds and kernels of 

 fruits. It is docile, and easily tamed, and, being of 

 an imitative disposition, readily learns to pronounce 

 words and sentences with great clearness and preci- 

 sion. In size, it exceeds the common Amazons 

 Parrot, measuring between 15 and 16 inches in ex- 

 treme length. The bill is of a pale flesh colour, 

 strong, and with the upper mandible distinctly tooth- 

 ed. The nostrils are large and open, placed in the 

 cere at the base of the bill. The narrow frontal 



