49t) CLASS AVES. 



ornament on the head. The species best known for 

 its faciUty in speaking is 



The Grey Parrot, or Jaco. P. Erythacus. Enl. 

 311. Edw. 103. Vaill. 99- 103. 



Ash-coloured, with a red tail. They live in 

 Africa. 



The species with green plumage are the most 

 numerous. 



White-breasted Parrot. P. Melanocephalus. Enl. 

 527. Vaill. 119, 120. 



Green ; beneath, yellowish with white crest ; quills 

 tipped with blue. Mexico. 



Marked Parrot. P. Signatus. Vaill. 105. 



Above, green shaded with blue ; yellowish-green, 

 beneath ; upper part of the tail, red. Brazil. 



Blue-headed Parrot. P. Menstruus. Enl. 384. 

 Vaill. 114, or Flavirostris, Spix. 31. 



Green ; head, neck, and breast, violet-blue; vent, and 

 under tail, red. Cayenne. 



Purple Parrot. P. Purpureus. Enl. 408. Vaill. 

 115. 



Above, blackish-broAvn ; below, lilac-purple ; wing 

 and tail-quills, and lower tail-coverts, blackish-blue, 

 Guiana. 



