190 NOISY PARIUKA. 



thighs and abdomen are yellow : the six middle 

 tail-feathers are deep green ; the three lateral 

 ones on each side are of a rusty red : the naked 

 skin round the eyes, which communicates with 

 the cere, is of a livid purple j and when the bird is 

 agitated with rage or desire, it assumes a deep 

 red hue ; as do also the two naked stripes on the 

 sides of the throat : the beak is grey-blue at its 

 base, and white towards its tip : the irides are 

 reddish brown : the feet are livid red : both sexes 

 agree in plumage ; but the young differ consi- 

 derably : the red on the feathers of the head and 

 nape is less brilliant ; and they are fringed with 

 an ochrey yellow margin : the hinder part of the 

 neck, the back, and the wings, are of an olive- 

 brown ; but in the very young the feathers are 

 margined with reddish : the fore-part 'of the neck 

 and the breast are brown ; each feather being 

 bordered and tipped with grey-white : the under 

 coverts of the wings and the rump are red : the 

 tail js tipped with white ; the extremity of the 

 three lateral feathers on each side being rusty red ; 

 the rest of them, as well as the three in the middle, 

 are black, with green reflections : the belly and 

 the abdomen are white : the thighs, the under 

 tail-coverts, and the sides, are reddish yellow : the 

 feet are bluish. 



Found in Brasil, Paraguay, Guiana, and many 

 other parts of South America : it associates in 

 flocks of from sixteen to twenty, perching upon 

 the dead branches of trees ; utters its cry, which is 

 said to be the loudest of all American birds, and 



