the purpose. These are a cheap and excellent 

 food; I have seen eight of them sold for the 

 smallest coin of the country, about three sous. 

 TV hen the first brood is taken away, they hatch 

 a secondj sometimes a third, and even a fourth ; 

 to this wonderful fecundity is owing the great 

 numbers of these birds, which frequently destroy 

 the crops. They are easily tamed, and readily 

 taught to speak. 



Those which are migratory are the choroi and 

 the jaguilnia. I call them migratory, from their 

 inhabiting the Andes in summer, and not appear- 

 ing in Chili until the winter. Both these species 

 are of the size of a turtle-dove, and belong to 

 the family of parroquets. 



The upper part of the body of the choroi 

 (psittacus choracus) is of a beautiful green, 

 the belly is of an ash colour, and the tail well 

 proportioned. This Lird is taijght to speak much 

 better than either of tlie others. 



Thcjns;uilma (psittacus jaguilma) is entirely 

 green, excepting the edges of tlie wings, which 

 are brown. The tail is very long and pointed. 

 This species appears to be the most prolilic. In 

 Ihc ])iains situated between the 34lh and 45tli 

 cegrces of latitude, it is frequently seen in such 

 i:*j.n]crous flocks as almo-:t to surpass belief, 

 TT hen they quit a field where they have b' en 

 feeding, in ordar U) full u[)()n another, tl:(y i\c~ 

 tjueiitiy obscure the bun, and their cliattciiug. 



