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Pfitt. pileatus; Ind, Orn. i. ps 115. 123.——-Scop, Aun. Hit, Nat. i p. 32. N° 32. 
—Gex, Syn. i. p. 294. Note *. 
HIS is the fize of a Miféel-Thrufh: bill horn colour, bafe of it 
brown: forehead and crown red; cheeks naked: general colour 
of the plumage green: guwil//s and tail blue on the outer edges; the 
laft yellow at the tip: rump yellow green. , 
M. Scopoli fufpects it may be a variety of the Golden Crowned Pa- 
vakeet, yet does not mention whether the tail is even or not at the 
end. 
Pfittacus cyanolyfeos, Jzd. Orz.i. p. 127. 134.—Molin. Chil. (Fr. ed.) p.235. . 
Tis, according to Molina, is larger than a Pigeon: the head, 
wings, and tail are green, fpotted with yellow: back, throat, 
and belly yellow : tail even at the end. 
Inhabits Chili, and known there by the name of Thecauz; is a nume- 
rous fpecies, and does much injury to the corn, often flying in vaft 
troops, and when fettled, have a centinel on a tree, who gives the 
alarm on the approach of any one, from hence it is very difficult 
to fhoot. It breeds in the holes of rocks, laying two white eggs in 
the moft inacceffible craggy parts ; from the tops of thefe, the inha- 
bitants let themfelves down by ropes, to take the eggs and young 
birds, which are thought excellent, and fell at a good price, eight 
of them fetching about three French fous; if robbed of their young, 
they lay a fecond and even a third time, rarely a fourth. It ts 
eafily tamed, and learns to fpeak well. 
