PARROT. 



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tiext the body, have the bafe and inner webs white ; but the 

 outer webs and tips are yellow; the coverts farther! from the 

 body are of a greenifh blue j beneath, thofe neareft the body are 

 pale brimftone, and the outer ones of a blueifh green : the firft 

 five prime quills are green on the outer edges and tips, fhaded 

 with blue, but black on the infide, with a white margin ; the 

 next feven are white, with the outer webs and tips yellow; mod 

 of the others have the outer webs- and tips yellow, and the inner 

 webs of a yellowifh white ; the four next to the body are green :. 

 the tail is three inches and a half long, green above, cuneiform, 

 with the inner margins yellowifh : legs and claws grey.. 



The female differs only in the colours being lefs vivid'.. 



Thefe birds are in plenty at Cayenne, where they are called fhe- 

 (ommon Parrakeet. They fly in numbers together, and are not 

 very fhy, as they frequently fettle in the midft of inhabited 

 places. They are fond of the buds of the immortal tree, and. 

 fettle on it in numbers when it is in flower; and as this tree is, 

 planted near the habitations, the inhabitants have opportunities 

 of fhooting them readily, which only drives away the reft for a. 

 while, to return a. little time afterwards. They learn to fpeak 

 eafily.. 



Place 



AND 



Manners.. 



La Perriche a Gorge variee, Buf. oif. vi. p. 25-9. 



Perruche a Gorge tachetee de Cayenne, PL ex/. 144.— 0r». de Salerne, 



p. 72. t. 8. f. 2. 

 Perruche, N° 2. Ferm. De/cr. de Surin. vol. ii. p. 177* 



nTHIS, fay Buffon and Salerne,. is- a very rare and beautiful Par- 

 rakeet :: in fize it equals the laft. The plumage,, for the 

 moft part,, of a beautiful, fhining green : the bill is black : : 



irides. 



44. 

 WAVED- 

 BREASTED 

 PARRAKEnT.. 



Description. 



