AAfAZO.VS. 



pointed form characteristic of the conures, 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 



ALL-GREEN PAURAQUET (i liat. sizc). 



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



them tropical. 



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

 ATTifl,zoii P3.rrots ^ 



niostly comparatively large birds, sometimes exceeding 17 inches in 



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



the great river valley from which they take tlieir name. Tliey are characterised 



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



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



of the bony ring round the eye. One of tlie best known species is the fe.stive 



amazon (CJirysot is /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, 



