P A R R O f. 



generally makes its neft in the habitations of thefe infects. 

 It remains the whole year at Guiana, frequenting the favannas, 

 and other open places. This fpecies migrates far northward, being 

 exceeding common all up the banks of the Ohio, and the fouthern 

 fhores of Lake Erie — often feen in great numbers together, con- 

 fiding at leaft of five hundred in a flock, and living, among other 

 things, on cheftnuts,. acorns, and wild peas — like Rooks, have an 

 out-centinel to warn them of approaching enemies •, and when 

 difturbed, fet up an horrible outcry all together. Their flefh is 

 accounted admirable by fome, being well relifhed both by the 

 French and Indians. The Englijh are not fo fond of it ; but I have 

 been told by fome, that Parrot foup, well made, is an excellent 

 difh. 



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Lev. Muf. 



CIZE pretty large? Bill dufky : head and neck yellow : the 

 reft of the body palifh green : tail cuneiform : vent crimfon : 

 quills and end of the tail feathers blue. 



A fpecimen in the Leverian Mufeum, but not known from 

 whence it came : I certainly think from the Eaft Indies or China, 

 as I have feen a drawing very like the above-defcribed, if not the 

 fame, which was taken from an original in that part of the 

 world, 



3<- 

 CRIMSON- 

 VENTED 

 PARROT. 



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