606 BIRDS.. PIES. Parrot. 



Inhabits India. — Is about the fize of a pigeon, and meafures twelve inches and a half long : The 

 bill, cere, and naked orbits are blackifh ; the irides are yellowifh. brown,, or walnut coloured ; the 

 legs and feet are lead coloured. 



517 /S. Mailed Hawk-headed Parrot, — 116. 0. Pf, accipitrinus loricatus. 



The feathers on the head are long, narrow, and white, with black ftreaks. Lath. inch. 



orn. i. 112. n. 89. p. 



Papagai maille. Buff. oif. vi. 239. t. 12.- — Perroquet maille. PI. enl. n. 526.^ — Mailed Parrot. 

 Lath. fyn. i. 267. n., 74. A. 



Inhabits Guiana in a domefticated ftate, being defcended from the former ; from which it chiefly 

 differs by the long narrow white feathers on the crown and face, which are all ftreaked with black 

 down the middle ; thefe it eredts into a kind of creft when irritated.. 



j 18 139. Menftrual Parrot. — 117. Pfittacus menjlruus. 39. 



Is green, with a bluifh head, and red ventlet. Scop. an. i. 33. 



Pf. menftruus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 113. n. 95. — Pf. gujanenfis cyanocephalus. Briff. av. iv. 247-. 

 n. 28. — Papagai a tete-et-gprge bleue. Buff. oif. vi. 243. — Perroquet a tete bleue de Cayenne. PL 

 enl. n. 384. — Blue-headed Parrot. Edw. glean, t. 314. Lath. fyn. i. 301. n. 107. 



Inhabits Guiana. — This fpecies, which, is not very docile, and has the natural voice of a Jackdaw, 

 is about the fize of a Turtle dove : The head and neck are bluifh, the feathers being brown, with 

 blue tips ; the back and wings are green, the wing coverts being yellowifh green, and the wing quills 

 green with brown, inner edges ; the belly is greeny the feathers having bluifh tips ; the tail quills are 

 preen, with blue tips, the three outermoft on each fide having blue outer webs, and the inner webs 

 being blood-red from the bafe to the middle ; the ventlet is red, its feathers having yellowifh blue 

 tips •, the bill is horn coloured, the fides of the upper mandible being tawny ; the. orbits are bluifh. 

 hoary, and the eyes are black. 



ejg. 140. Purple-Bellied Parrot. — 118. Pfittacus purpureas. 124. 



Is blackifh-brown above, and purple underneath ; the- crown and cheeks being black, 

 the orbits blue, and the neck furrounded by a rufty collar, fpotted with dufky. 



Pf. purpureus. Lath. ind. orn. i_ 129. n. 140. — Perroquet violet. Barrere,.fr. equ. 144. — Papa- 

 gai violet. Buff. oif. vi. 244. — Perroquet varie de Cayenne. PI. enl. n. 408. — Little dufky Parrot. 

 Edw. glean, t. 315. Lath. fyn. i.302. n.108.. 



Inhabits Surinam. — This fpecies, which is not very tra&able, is about the fize of an ordinary pi- 

 geon: The bill is dufky, with an orange coloured fpor-on each fide; the wing and tail quills are blue, 

 the lateral tail quills being ruddy on their inner webs and blue at the tips; the legs and feet are dufky 

 ■«er dirty-like. 



?20 141. Black-headed Parrot. — 119, Pfittacus melanocephalus. 41*. 



.Is green above, and yellow beneath ; having a black head, white bread, and carnation 



01 bits. Muf. ad. frid. ii. i.e.. 



3 Pf. 



