*o$ PARROT. 



P^ace, Inhabits Senegal. In the Leverian Mufeum is one of thefe s 



which differs in having a yellow feather here and there on the 

 back : and the head of a cinereous brown, 



Thefe are plenty in Senegal ■, fly in companies of five or fix to- 

 gether ; perch on the tops of the trees, which are here and there- 

 fcattered in 'the burning fandy plains : their cry is fharp and difa- 

 greeable : they keep two and two clofe together, fo that two are 

 often fhot at once, and fometimes even the whole number of 

 them. He Mat're- * fays, that there is a larger fort with yellow 

 on the back, which does not talk ; but the leffer ones talk very. 

 well. 



115. La petite Perruche 3 tete rouge du Bred, Br if. orn. iv* p. 383. N° 82. 



^PARROT^ Tui P ar a Tupinambis, Rati Syn. p. 35. N° 7. 



TuJpara,_/o called by the Tupinambi, Will, orn, p. 117. 



Description. QIZE of a Lark. Bill flefh-colour : colour of the plumage pale 



green : on the forehead is a red fpot in fhape of a crefcent °„ 



and on the middle of each wing a fpot of yellow : tail very fhort : 



legs and claws grey. 



Place, Inhabits Brafil. Thefe birds are faid to " build in the nefts 



left by the ants, which are found in trees -J* ;" 



* Voy. de Le Maire, 1695, p. 10J» f Will. orn. p. 117. 



FfittacES 



