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of this kind is described in Anson's voyage, of 

 the description of the beautiful isle oiTinian. 



The Psittacus Ararauna or Blue and Yellow 

 Maccaw is of similar size and shape, but is 

 entirely of a fine blue colour above, and gold- 

 yellow beneath. 



Psittacus Augustus or kyacinthinus is of equal 

 size with the two preceding, but is entirely of a 

 fine deep blue, with the bill and feet black, and 

 the orbits of the eyes, and base of the lower man- 

 dible surrounded by a bare yellow skin. This very 

 fine species was unknown to Naturalists till it made 

 its appearance in the Leverian Museum. It is 

 supposed to be a native of South-America. 



The smaller kind of long-tailed Parrots, or 

 Parrokeets as they are commonly called, are 



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wonderfully numerous. As an example of these 

 I shall mention the Psittacus Alexandra or com- 

 mon Ring-Parrakeet, which is a native of India 

 and the Indian islands, and is supposed to have 

 been first made known to the Greeks and Ro- 

 mans by means of the Indian expeditions of 

 Alexander and his Generals. It seems to have 

 been almost the only Parrot distinctly known 

 to the Ancients. It is to this species that Ovid's 



