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P A R R O T.. 



Place. 



belly and end of the tail, which laft is cuneiform : the quills are 

 edged, and tipped with dulky black : the legs red. 



Inhabits the ifland of Tanna, in the South Seas, where it fre- 

 quents the palm-trees. 



58. 

 4- BLUE- 

 CRESTED 

 PARRAKEET. 



Description. 



Place. 



■Zev. Muf. 



C1ZE of -the Guinea Sparrow : length fix inches and a half. 

 Bill orange : the forehead pale greens crown of a pale but 

 bright and gloffy blue ; the feathers of this part are narrow, 

 pointed, and fufficiently long to form a creft when erecTed : fides 

 of the head above the eye green; beneath the eye, the chin.j and 

 throat, crimfon : the upper parts of the body, wings, and tail, 

 bright green: the quills are dufky, with green edges : the middle 

 of the belly crimfon : fides of it and thighs deep purple : the tail 

 is cuneiform, two inches and a half in length ; the outer feathers 

 fhorter by three quarters of an inch ; the two middle feathers are 

 green, with yellow ends ; the others yellowifh, with the margins 

 and ends green, and pretty much pointed : legs dufky : claws 

 black. 



In fome fpecimens the red on the throat narrows down into a 

 ftripe on the breaft, which in fuch birds is brown — perhaps a 

 diftinftion of different fex ; and the thighs in a few birds green 

 inflead of purple, but this circumftance not permanent. 



Inhabits the Sandwich IJlands in the South Seas, and is a moll 

 beautiful fpecies. 



L'Arimanon, 



