3*4 



PARROT. 



markable for their exceeding fine texture ; but we did not fee the 

 birds. If they had a different conftruction, the monkies would 

 be very mifchievous to them ; but now, before they can get to 

 the opening, the loweft part, as the weakefl, breaks in pieces, and 

 the vifitor falls to the ground without any danger to the young 

 birds." 



Without the leaft hefitation, I place the two laft as varieties, 

 as they manifeftly run into one another, owing to age, fex, or 

 other reafons. To be convinced of this, let the Planches enlti- 

 minees, 190. f. 2. and 520. f. i, 2. be confulted, alfo Edu\ 

 pi. 293. f. 1. 



120. 



CHESTNUT. 



CROWNED 



PARRAKEET. 



Description. 



Place, 



La petite Perruche brune du Brefil, Brif. orn. iv. p. 40J. 



L'Anaca, Buf. oif. vi. p. 260. 



Anaca Brafilienfibus, Raii Syn. p. 35. N° 8. 



■ ■ Will. orn. p. 1 17. ch. 4. N° 8. 



Br. Muf. 



CIZE of a Lark. Bill and orbits brown : crown of the head 



cheftnut : throat cinereous : hind part of the neck, backj 



rump, fides, thighs, fcapulars, upper wing and tail coverts, 



green : on the back is a pale brown fpot : fore part of the neck, 



breaft, belly, and under tail coverts, rufous brown : edge of the 



wing red : greater quills green, with fea-green ends : fecondaries 



green : tail light brown : legs and claws blackifh. 



Inhabits Brafil and Guiana, at which laft place it is called the 



common Parrot: In the Britijh Mujeum there is a fpecimen 



which varies in having the fpot on the back of a deep cheftnut : 



no red on the edge of the wing : tail itfelf green ; being only the 



upper tail coverts which are brown, and the under tail coverts of 



a pale brown. 



Br. 



