29 S P A R R O T. 



1 02. Piittacus feftivus, £/«. Syjt. i. p. 147. N° 35. 



FESTIVE Perroquet tahue de Cayenne, PL enl. 840. 



PARROT. Le Tavou3j Bu ^ „•£• vi# p# 240# 



&W Muf. 



Description, OIZE of a Pigeon : length eleven inches. The bill is of a lead- 

 colour, with the tip black : cere greyifh black, from which 

 part to the eye it is bare, and of the fame colour : irides of a 

 faffron-colour : from eye to eye, juft over the forehead, the fea- 

 thers are of a purpliftt cheftnut: from the bafe of the upper man- 

 dible fprings a flripe of pale blue, which paffes through the eye 

 on each fide, to the hind head, but vanifhes before it meets be- 

 hind : the top of the head is green, with a very little mixture of 

 blue: on the throat is a fpot of blue: the reft of the body is 

 plain green, but lighteft beneath 5 except from the middle of the 

 back to the rump, which is of a very fine bright, though deep 

 crimibn : tail coverts and tail green ; the outer edge of the outer 

 tail feathers blue : the baftard wing is deep blue: the greater 

 quills almoft black, with the outer edges fringed with blue; the 

 reft of the wing green : legs light afh-colour : claws black. 



The above is defcribed from the living bird, now in the pof- 



feffion of a friend of mine. In the quiefcent ftate, the crimfon on 



the back is not vifible. It is. very tame,, but talks very little ; for, 



notwithstanding it has been in England fome years, and in a large 



family, it articulates only a very few words. 



Place and Buff en obferves that it inhabits Guiana, where it is rare ; but 



Manners. f omet i mes comes near the inhabited parts. The natives there 



call is Tavoua, and it is known by that name by the traders in 



3,0 birds. 



