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part of the body, tail, and wing coverts are bright green •, the primary wing quills are green, with 

 blue outer edges ; the ventlet is yellow.— Mr Pennant fufpefts that this fpecies may only differ from 

 the Carolina Parrot in fex. 



378 35. Leveiian Parrot. — 32. Pfittacus Lcverianus. 67. 



Is pale green ; with yellow head and neck ; the rump is fcarlet ; the wing and tail quills 

 are blue at the tips. 

 Pf. erythropygius. Lath. ind. orn. i. 94. n. 35. — Crimfon-vented Parrot. Lath. fyti. i. 229. n. 3 r. 



Inhabits fouthern Afia — This fpecies is of a middle fize. 



379 36. Emeraldine Parrot. — 33. Pfittacus ftnaragdinus. 68. 



Is fplendid green ; the hinder part of the belly, the rump, and the tail, being nifty 

 chefnut. 



Pf. fmaragdinus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 94. n. 36. — Perruche emeraude. Buff. oif. vi. 262. — Per- 

 ruche des terres magellaniques. PI. enl. n. 85. — Emerald Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 230. n. 32. fup. 60. 



Inhabits the coafts of the Straits of Magellan. — Is thirteen inches long •, the bill, legs, and feet are 

 dufky ; the tail is green at the tip. Dr Gmelin expreffes a doubt, by a point of interrogation, whe- 

 ther the place of this fpecies be, as is faid, in a country fo inhofpitable as that furrounding the 

 Straits of Magellan ; but the general fade of Parrots being found there is indifputably proved by the 

 concurrent teftimony of the moft refpecrable navigators, from Spilbergen and Dampier to the compa- 

 nions of Admiral Byron's voyage of difcovery. Arct. zool. ii. p. 244. 



380 37. Red.- fronted Parrot. — 34. Pfittacus canicularis. 16. 



Is green, with a red forehead and tawny orbits ; the hind head and outer wing quills 

 are blue. 



Pf. canicularis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 94. n. 37 Pfittaca brafilienfis. Briff. av. iv. 339. n. 62. — 



Perruche a front rouge. Buff. oif. vi. 268. PI. enl. n. 767. — Red-and-blue-headed Parrakeet. Edw. 

 av. iv. t. 176. Lath. fyn. i. 242. n. 40. 



Inhabits the warmer parts of America. — Is about the fize of a large Thrufh : The under parts of 

 the body are greenifh yellow ; the bill is blackifh ; the eyes are black ; the legs and feet are reddifh} 

 the exterior webs of the wing quill feathers are greenifh ; the tail is very long. 



381 38. Brown- throated Parrot. — $5. Pfittacus aeruginofus. 17. 



Is green, with afh coloured orbits; the crown, and the primary wing quills, being blue. 



Pf. aeruginofus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 95. n. 38. — Pfittaca martinicana. Briff. orn. iv. 356. n. 69. — 

 Perruche a gorge brune. Buff. oif. vi. 257. — Brown-throated Parrakeet. Bancr. guian. 162. Edw. 

 av. iv. t. 177. Lath. fyn. i. 243. n. 41. 



Inhabits the tropical parts of America, and the Weft Indian iflands. — Is fomewhat more than ten 

 inches long, and the tail is rather fhorter than the body : The frontlet, cheeks, chin, and throat are 

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