PARROT. 



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E'Arimanon, Buf. at/, vi. p. 175, 

 Petite Perruche de l'Ifle de Taiti, PI. eul. 455. f, 2. 

 Lev. Muf. 



'"TpHIS is a fmall fpeoies, meafuring in length only five inches 

 and a quarter. The bill is red : the feathers of the head 

 longifh, forming a fmall. creft ;. the whole plumage of a fine blue, 

 except the throat and fore part of the neck, which is white: the 

 tail is cuneiform : legs red. 



Some of thefe birds have the throat and. fore part of the neck 

 of a dufky white ; perhaps differing in fex. 



There is one character peculiar to this bird, which is the 

 tongue. This is not blunt and fhort, like as in other Parrots, 

 but long,, and terminated at the end by a pencil of fhort white 

 briflles. 



It is- very common at Otaheite in the South Seas, where it is 

 perpetually fluttering about, and making a fcreaming noife, fly- 

 ing often in numbers, together; feeding on bananas. They can- 

 not be kept in a cage, for they will not be brought to feed on any 

 thing but fruits, refufing folid food of every kind. This fpecies- 

 is called Arimanon,. which fignifies Cocoa-bird, it often frequenting 

 thcfe trees *. 



I fancy this, muft be. the fame bird which Parkin/on f calls 

 Venee,,tMt name given it by the natives. • He fays that it feeds on 

 the flowers of the Errata, or Epooratta, and is often caught by 

 means of the glewy juice which iflues from the tops of the flalks, . 



59. 

 *- GTAHEITAN 



BLUE 

 PARRAKEET. 



Description. 



Place and 

 Manners. 



* See Eorji. Voy. i. p. 272. 



5. 



f See Journal. Appendix, p. 1 15. 



when. 



