A R R O T, 



3°S 



apple kernels, feeds of the laurier $uUpier, and Other fmall 

 fruits. 



Pfittacus melanocephalus, Liu. Sjjf, i. p. 149. N Q 41. 



he Perroquet a poitrine blanche du Mexique, Brif. em, iv, p, 397. N 9 42. 



Le Maj'pouri, Buf. oif. vi. p. 250. 



Petite Perruche Maipouri de Cayenne, PL enl. 527, 



Piittacus atricapillus, J. Fr. Miller, pi. 4. A, 



White-breafted Parrot, Ediv.'iv. p, 169. 



Br. Huf. Lev, Muf. 



CIZE of a Turtle : length nine inches and a half. Bill, cere, 

 and orbits, dufky flefh-colour ; irides deep hazel : upper part 

 of the head black : from the corners of the mouth on each fide, 

 pafilng under the eye, is a green mark : cheeks, throat, and fore 

 part of the neck, yellow $ hind part of the neck orange : back, 

 rump, fcapulars, and upper tail coverts, green : breaft. * and upper 

 part of the belly white; lower part of the belly, fides, thighs, 

 and under tail coverts, orange ; greater quills blue on the outer 

 edge ; within and beneath black ; the firft of the lefifer quills 

 green, edged with yellow j the others green : tail rounded, 

 green : legs cinereous brown : claws blackifh. 



In the Leveriati Mufeum there is one which differs a little from 

 the above account. The bill is blackifh : it has the crown 

 black, and a green mark between the bill and eye : the fides of 

 the head and the throat are olive yellow : about the ears dufky : 

 back part of the neck rofe-colour, inclining to brown : breaft and 

 belly not white, but of a pale afh-colour : fides of the body, 



lit. 



WHITE. 



BREASTED 



PARROT. 



Descrim-jon* 



* Tkis part is yellowifli in old birds. 

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thighs; 



