AMAZONS. 



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pointed form characteristic of the conn res, and have the tips of the feathers 

 rounded. In the whole of them the cere is entirely naked, and the predominant 

 colour of the plumage green. Usually the tail is about half the length of the 

 wing, and may be either squared or rounded at the end ; and the bill is of moderate 



Amazon Parrots. 



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ALL-GREEN PARRAQUET (| nat. size). 



strength, sometimes rather longer than deep. The New World forms are all of 

 them tropical. 



The Amazon parrots, of which there are over forty species, are 

 mostly comparatively large birds, sometimes exceeding 17 inches in 

 length, and range from Mexico to Argentina, although especially characteristic of 

 the great river valley from which they take their name. They are characterised 

 by the tail being of moderate length and rounded, with the under-coverts always 

 green ; and also by the absence of a tufted oil-gland, as well as by the completeness 

 of the bony ring round the eye. One of the best known species is the festive 

 amazon (Chrysotis f estiva), from the Amazon Valley, which is a green bird with 

 a red frontlet, a line of blue above and behind the eye, the back and rump red, 



