3bi PARROT. 



is a black or dufky fpot : back, belly, thighs, and wings, fine 

 green : wing coverts yellow green, inclining to gold-colour : 

 inner coverts greenifh : under tail coverts fine fcarlet : the two 

 middle tail feathers green; thofe on the fides are the fame, but 

 gradually become more and more blue as they advance outwards : 

 legs grey. 

 Place. This is found at Guiana, where it is not plenty, or elfe little 



iought after, as it will not learn to talk. 



M. Brifibn confounds this with the blue-faced green Parrakeet 

 in his fynonyms, though he defcribes this bird. 



I0 g_ Le Papegai violet, Buf.<iif.\\. p. 244. 



LITTLE DUSKY Perroquet varie de Cayenne, PL enl. 408. 



PARROT. Perroquet violet, Barrer. Fr. equin. p. 144. 



Little dulky Parrot, Ed<w. glean, pi. 315. 

 Lev. Muf. 



Description. TN fize it yields to the dove-houfe Pigeon. The bill is dufky, 

 with an orange-coloured fpot on the fides : top and fides of 

 the head below the eyes black, gloried with blue on the crown : 

 eyes dark, in a light blue fkin : below this, round the throat and 

 hind part of the head, is a ring marked with dufky fpots on a 

 fillemot ground : hind part of the neck, back, rump, and wing 

 coverts, dark brown black : quills fine blue : tail dark blue 

 above when clofed, but the inner webs of the fide feathers are 

 reddifh, except the tips, which are blue : the breaft, belly, and 

 thighs, appear purple : the legs are dufky. 



In the mufeum at Leicefter-houfe is one of thefe birds, or at 



leaft a fmall variety. The colour of the plumage is an irregular 



^mixture of black, blue, and brown : about the head the violet 



tinge 



