PARROT. 



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Le Lory du Brelil, Brif. orn. iv. p. 229. N° if. 

 Le Paragua, Buf. oif. vi. p. 248. 

 Paragua, Bali Syn. p. 33, N°4. 

 - — Will. orn. p. 115.. ch. 9. 



83. 



PARAGUAN 

 LORY. 



QIZE of the Amazons Parrot. Bill cinereous : irides red : head. Description, 



hind part of the neck, bottom of the belly > thighs, and lower 

 tail coverts, black : back, rump, upper tail coverts, throat, fore 

 part of the neck, breaft, upper part of the belly, and fides, fcarlet : 

 the fcapulars, upper and under wing coverts, and quills, black : 

 the tail is alfo black. 



Inhabits Brafil. Buffon thinks there is fome probability of Placb^ 



this having an African origin, for the reafons given under the 

 einereous Parrot. 



Pfittacus cserulocephalus, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 145. N° 28. 



Le Perroquet bleu de la Guiane, Brif. orn. iv. p. 304. N° 46. 



Le Crik rouge & bleu, Buf. oif. vi. p. 226. 



Pfittacus verficolor feu erythrocyanus Aldrov. Raii Syn. p. 31. N° 6. 



Red and blue Parrot of Aldrovandus, Will. orn. p. 114. N° 6. 



CIZE of the dufky Parrot : length nine inches. The bill is 

 blackifh : fpace round the eyes bare and whitifh : irides yel- 

 low : head, throat, neck, and breaft, blue: on the top of the 

 head is ajellow fpot : upper part of the back pale blue: lower, 

 fides, and rump, yellow : belly green : the feathers of the wing 

 and tail are role-colour ; the coverts of the firft are mixed with 

 green, yellow, and rofe-colour ; thofe of the tail green : legs 

 reddifh grey. 



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RED AND 



BLUE PARROT. 



Description. 



