BIRDS. . PIES. Parrot. 607 



Pf. melanocephalus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 128. n. 136. — Pf. mexicanus pectore albo. Brin". av. iv. 

 297. n. 42. — Pf. atricapillus. J. F. Miller, illuftr. t. 4. a.- — MaYpouri. BufF. oif. vi. 250. PI. enl. n. 

 527. — White-breafted Parrot. Edw. av. iv. t. 169. Lath. fyn. i. 305. n. 112. 



Inhabits New-fpain, Guiana, and the Caraccas. — This fpecies lives in the woods, flying in fmall 

 flocks, with a whiffling voice ; it is about the fize of a Turtle dove, being nine inches and a half 

 long, and thicker in proportion to its length than the other fpecies of the genus ; it is very untrac- 

 table, and can fcarcely be tamed unlefs when caught very young: The bill and cere are carnation co- 

 loured ; the cheeks are yellow ; the fcrag is orange ; the outer webs of the primary wing quills are - 

 blue, their inner webs and under furface's being black ; the firft two or three of the fecondaries are 

 green edged with yellow, and the reft entirely green ; the tail is rounded ; the legs and feet are 

 brown afh, with blackifh claws. 



521 142. Hooded Parrot. — 120. Pfittacus pileatus. 125. 



Is green, with a black head and white orbits ; having a blue fpot on each fhoulder, and 

 the tail being tipt with blue. 



Pf. Caica. Lath. ind. orn. i. 128. n. 137. — Caica.' BufF. oif. vi. 253. — Perruche a tete noir de 

 Cayenne. PI. enl. n. 744. — Hooded Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 306. n. 113. _ 



Inhabits Cayenne. — This fpecies refembles the former in the thicknefs of its body; it is migratory, 

 and meafures eight inches and a half long : The bill, legs, and feet are red ; the chin is yellowifh ; 

 the two middle quill feathers of the tail are entirely green, and the reft are tipt with blue. 



522 143. Louifiana Parrot. — 121. Pfittacus ludovicianus. 126. 



Is fea-green ; with a tawny yellow head, growing reddiih near the bale of the bill. 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 93. n. 33. fi. 



Pf. viridis capite luteo. Frifch, av. t. 52. Ger. orn. ii. 17. t. 112. — Papagai a tete aurore. Buff", 

 oif. vi. 247. Du Pratz, voy. ii. 128. — Orange-headed Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 304. n. in. 



Inhabits Louifiana. — This fpecies is- very wild and exceedingly difficult to tame ; it flies about in 

 large flocks, making a great noife, and feeds moftly on the feeds of Bromelia and Liriodendron : It 

 is thirteen inches long; the bill is yellowifh white, and the legs and feet are white. Mr Latham places 

 this as a variety of the Carolina Parrot, N°. 370. among the fpecies which have long wedge-like tails, 

 quoting the 499th plate of the Planches enluminees, which Dr Gmelin refers to the Carolina fpecies. 



523 144. Red- throated Parrot. — 122. Pfittacus collatius. 42. 



Is green ; with red chin and throat. Lath. ind. orn. i. 128. n. 139. 



.Pf. jamaicenfis gutture rubro. BrifT. av. iv. 241. n. 25. — Pf. minor collo miniaceo. Raj. av. 181. 

 n. 8. — Xaxabes. Oviedo, 1. iv. c. 4. — SafFebe. Buff. oif. vi. 245. — Common Jamaica Parrot. Sloan, 

 jam. 297. n. 9. — Red-throated Parrot. Lath. fyn. i. 303. n. 109. 



Inhabits Jamaica. — Is about the fize of a pigeon : The wing quills are black, with green outer 

 edges. 



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