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the neft. in fpring, and the female laid four eggs, of which never 

 more than three were good. The neft was made in a calk, 

 which had "one end knocked out, and filled with faw-duft : proper 

 accommodations were made to get in and out, fo that the male 

 might fit by his mate. If anyone prefumed to enter the cham- 

 ber wherein they were, without his boots on, he wasfure to fuffer, 

 b'yhaving his legs bit terribly by the male, who was jealous to a 

 degree, particularly if any one approached the female. This is 

 not the firft account of a circumftance of the like kind, for Le P. 

 Labat * tells us. of a pair which hatched young ones at Paris. 



Le Perroquet cendre du Brefil, Brif. orn. iv. p» 313. N° 50. £,-,_ 



Maracana Brafil. prima Marcgr. Raii Syn. p. 29. N° 4. CINEREOUS 



Maracana, Will. orn. p. 112. N° 5. PARRO V. 



'"T"*HIS bird is faid by Willughly to be bigger than the laft. Description. 

 The whole plumage of a blueifh afh-colour. 



Said to inhabit Brafil. Placs. 



This muft originally have come from Guinea j- , as there are 

 none of this colour in America J, and, on the contrary, are very 

 common, in Africa, and transported to America along with the 

 negro Jlaves. 



9 Nouv. Voy. aux IJles de V Amerique, ii. p. 166. 



f Hiji. des of. vi. p. 249. 



J Parrots, fo called, are very numerous, and of different fpecies, in Guiana, but 

 rone of them deftitute of green feathers ; fuch as the ajh-coloured Parrot of GxU 

 tea, theiv&ite-crefred Parrots, and fome others. Bancroft's Hift. of. Guiana* 



Lev. 



