THE 



GUINEA PARRAKEET. 



Generic Character. 



Bill hooked. Upper mandible moveable. 

 Noftrils round, placed in the bafe of the bill. 

 Tongue flefhy, broad, blunt at the end. 

 Legs fhort. Toes formed for climbing, viz. two 

 backward and two forward. 



Linnceus and Pennant. 



Specific Character, &c. 



SHORT-TAILED GREEN PARROT, with 



red front ; tail fulvous with a black bar ; 

 orbits of the eyes grey. Lin. 



RED-HEADED GUINEA PARRAKEET. 



Latham, fol. l. p. 309. 



This beautiful little bird is fo often feen in cages, 

 that the circujnftance of its not being a rare fpccies 

 feems in fome degree to leffen the admiration due to 

 its uncommon elegance. As it is fo well known to Na- 

 turalifts, it is unnecefTary to fay more than that it is 

 one of the mod brilliant of its genus, and that the 

 beauty of its appearance is equalled by the gentlenefs 



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