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BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 



Inhabits Madagafcar. — Is thirteen inches and a half long: The bill is ruddy; the hides are brown; 

 the tail is confiderably elongated, but is equal at the end ; the legs and feet are flefh coloured, with 

 black claws. 



465 102. Blue-headed Parrot. — 85. Pfittacus caeruleocephalus. 28. 



Is blue, with a yellow crown j the belly, rump, and tail coverts, being green, and the 

 wing and tail quills red. 



Pf. caeruleocephalus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 117. n. 106. — Pf. gujanenfis caeruleus. Briff. av. iv. 304. 

 11. 46. — Pf. verficolor, f. erythrocanus. Aldr. orn. i. 675. Raj. av. 31. n. 6. — Crik rouge-et-bleu. 

 Buff. oif. vi. 226. — Red-and-blue Parrot. Will. orn. angl. 114. n. 6. Lath. fyn. i. 277. n. 84. 



Inhabits Guiana. — Is nine inches long : The bill is blackilh ; the orbits are naked and white ; the 

 hides are yellow ; the legs and feet are grey. 



^66 103. Variegated Parrot.— 86. Pfittacus varius. 105. 



Is variegated with brown and blue ; the cheeks, chin, and throat, being whitifh j the 

 wing and tail quills are dufky brown, with blue outer webs. 

 Pf. varius. Lath. ind. orn. i. 112. n. 90. Maerter, phyf. arb. i. 2. p. 48. 



Inhabits South America. — This fpecies fcarcely exceeds five inches in length : The bill, legs, and 

 feet, are yellowifh, with black claws. 



467 104. Violet Parrot. — 87. Pfittacus violaceus. 106. 



Is violet-blue, varied with green and red ; the back is mixed green and brown ; the 

 primary wing quills are black, and the reft mixed yellow, green, and red ; the co- 

 verts having a rofe coloured fpot. 



Pf. violaceus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 112. n. 91. — Pf. aquarum lupiarum. BrifT. av. iv. 302. n. 44. — 

 Crik a tete violette. Buff. oif. vi. 233. — Perroquet de Guadeloupe. Du Tertre, antill. ii. 250. f, 

 p. 246. — Ruff-necked Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 268. n. 75. 



Inhabits America. — Is about the fize of a common Hen : The bill and orbits are flefh coloured ; 

 when irritated, the feathers round the neck are erected like a ruff or collar ; the rofy fpot on the 

 wing coverts is double, or is rather two contiguous fpots. The defcription of this fpecies by Mr La- 

 tham is fomewhat different, as follows : The upper parts of the bedy are green, and the under parts 

 bluifh ; the head and neck are violet-blue, varied with green and black. 



4C8 105. Finch Parrot. — 88. Pfittacus fringillaceus. 107. 



Is green, with a blue head ; the cheeks, chin, throat, and a fpot on the belly, being 

 white, fmeared bloody ; the belly is violet-blue. 

 Pf. fringillaceus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 112. n. 92. Maerter, phyf. arb. i. 2. p. 47. 



Inhabits South America. — The body of this fpecies is not larger than that of a Sparrow, and, with 



the tail, meafures fix inches in length: The bill, legs, and feet, are pale yellow, with brownifh claws; 



the inner webs and tips of the tail quills are pale yellow. 



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