Description, habits, 



yellow ; the hind part of the head is yellow-green. 

 The thighs and the ridges of the wings are yel- 

 low: the remainder of the wings are, in diiJerewf 

 parts, .red, yellow, and green, with the .gwuitef 

 quills black. The four middle tail-feathers MSf 

 green, and yellowish nearfthe end ; 'the otke,rs are 

 partly red and partly .green. The legs are hoary. 

 and the claws ush-coloiyed. 



Of the .manners and disposition of this biitf 

 very little move is known than what is contained 

 in the following account of a tome one commu- 

 nicated to Comic de Buffon, by Father jBougot: 



" It is," says he, " very susceptible of attach- 

 ment to its .waster; it i$ fond of hii, ibut re- 

 quires frequent caresses, #nd se\xis .Disconso- 

 late if neglected, and vindictive if provoked. .It 

 has fits of obstinacy: it bites during its ill hu- 

 mour, and immediately laughs, exulting in its 

 mischief. Correction and rigorous treatment 

 serve but to harden it ; gentle usage alone suc- 

 ceeds in mollifying its tem-per. 



" Its inclination to gnaw whatever it can reach, 

 has very destructive effects ; it cuts the cloth of 

 the furniture,, splits tl>e wood of the -chuifs, and 

 tears papers, pens, &c.; .ud if.it be removed 

 from the spot, its proneness to contradiction will 

 instantly hurry it back. But this mischievous 

 Jjent is .counterbalanced i>y Agreeable qualities; 

 for it remembers readily what.it is taught toisp.y. 

 Before it artiqula^ it qlaps k wigs ftnjl pl^ys 

 on its roost ; in tjie cage ,it J>eooine.s jie^ctejjl ami 



