PARROT. 



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•Piittacus jerugmofus, Lin. Syji. i. p. 142. N° 17. 

 La Perruche de la Martinique, Brtf.orn. iv. p. 356. N° 69. 

 La Perriche a Gorge brune, Buf. oif. vi. p. 257. 

 Brown-throated Parrakeet, Bauer. Guian. p. 162. 



■i — . Ed--w. iv. t. 177. 



Lev. Miff. 



N length this bird is ten inches and a quarter. The bill is of a 

 light afh-colour., with the tip deepeft : cere deep afli : round 

 the eyes bare, and of a paler afh-colour : irides yellowifh hazel : 

 plumage green above; beneath yellow green: crown of the head, 

 from eye to eye, of a greenifh blue : the feathers at the bafe of 

 the bill, the cheeks, throat, and fore part of the neck, are grey 

 brown, with a tinge of yellow : tail green ; {horter than the body, 

 and yellowifh beneath 5 the two middle feathers much longer 

 than the outfide ones : legs and claws afh-colour. 



So far Brijjbn ; who adds, that it inhabits Martinico, and diffe- 

 rent parts of America. 



That which Bancroft mentions, had the top of the head, and 

 part of the quill feathers, blue ; and was an inhabitant of 

 Guiana. 



I have one from Jamaica, whofe head is of the fame green 

 colour with the reft of the body: the fecondaries next -the body 

 blue : and the inner fides of the prime quills blue. 



CIZE of a Song-thrufK : 



lead-colour : eye in a 



head brown : crown of 



length eleven inches and a 

 lead-coloured fkin 

 the head blueifh 

 I i 2 



half. Bill 

 irides hazel : fore- 

 cheeks and chin 

 brownifh 



41. 

 4- BROWN- 

 THROATED 

 PARRAKEET. 



Description. 



Place. 



Variety, 



41. 



Var. A. 

 BROWN- 

 FRONTED 

 PARRAKEET. 



Description. 



