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This is common at Guiana, efpecially towards Oyapoc and the 

 Amazons river. It is eafily kept tame, and fpeaks pretty well. Its 

 natural voice is like the fqueaking of Punch in a puppet-fhew j but 

 when taught to articulate, is always chattering, The vernacular 

 name is Sofove. 



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La petite Perruche a tefte jaune du Brefil, Brif. orn. iv. p. 398. N° go, 



Le Toui a tete d'or, Buf. oif, vi. p. 284. 



Petite Perruche de l'ifle de St. Thomas, PI, enl. 456. 1. 



Tui, fpec. 4. Raii Syn. p. 34. 



Tui of the Brafilians, 4th fpecies, Will.orn. p. 116. feft. 4. 



CIZE of a Starling. Bill black: eyes large and blackifh : or- 

 bits yellow : forehead orange : the reft of the bird green ; 

 paleft beneath. 



Inhabits Brafil. The bird figured in PL enl. above quoted, 

 came from the IJle cf St. 'Thomas; but Buffon remarks, that the 

 yellow on the head was paler, otherwife quite the fame. 



151. 



GOLD* 



HEADED 

 PARRAKEET. 



Descri?tion. 



Place. 



La petite Perruche hupee, Brif. orn. iv. p. 404. N° 94. 

 Pfittacus erythrochloros criftatus Aldrov. Rait Syn. p. 34. 4. 

 Creiled red and green Parrot of Aldrovandus, Will. orn. p. 116. 3. 



CIZE of a Blackbird. Irides red : on the top of the head is a 

 creft compofed of fix feathers ; three great and three fmaller 

 ones ; the body is green : the wings and tail red ; the lafl rather 

 fhort. This has the faculty of raifing or depreffing the creft at 

 will. 



132. 



CRESTED RED 



AND GREEN 



PARRAKEET. 



Description. 



Country uncertain. 



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