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NOISY PARRAKA. 



(Ortalida Parrakoua.) 



OH. crista ritfa, corpore supra fusco-olivaceo, subtus cinerascente- 



olivaceo, temporibus nudis purpureis, caudu peimis lateralibus 



rufo terminatis. 

 Parraka with a red crest ; the body above brown-olive, beneath 



greyish olive ; the temples naked and purple ; the lateral 



tail-feathers terminated by rufous. 

 Penelope Parrakoua. Temin. Gall. Ind. p. 6g5. 

 Phasiaiius Motmot. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 271.2. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 74O. 2. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2.632. p. 

 Phasiaiius Guianensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 27O. pi. 26. J. 2. 

 Phasiaiius Parraqua. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 74O. 8. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 632 V 12. 

 Phasianus garrulus. Humh. observ. de Zool. et d? Anal. 1. p. 4. 



young. 



Faisan de la Guiane. Buff. PI. Enl. 1 46. 

 Le Katraca. Duff. Ois. 2. 3y4. 

 Le Parraqua. Buff. Ois. 2. 304. 



Penelope Parrakoua. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 3. 85. pi. 8. 

 Motmot Pheasant. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 721. 8. 

 Parraka Pheasant. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 722. 9. 



THE total length of the Parraka, or Parrakoua, 

 is twenty-one or twenty-two inches : the forehead, 

 the top of the head, and the upper part of the 

 neck, are of a deep red : the under part of the 

 neck, the back, and the wings, are brown, or olive- 

 grey : the under wing-coverts are red : the fore- 

 part of the neck and the breast are of a grey 

 colour, witli shades of olive ; without spots : the 



