272 PARROT. 



crimson more than halfway from the base, forming a spot on the 

 wing; tail green, a little rounded, the end for more than one-third 

 yellow. 



A second of these had the whole face, chin, and throat blue; 

 under the eye, on each jaw, a pale blue patch ; wings and tail as in 

 the other, but the yellow at the end of the latter occupies less space, 

 and the interior webs of some of the inner feathers are pale blue. 



In a third, the whole front is crimson ; nape and neck behind 

 pale blue ; the patch on the jaws red ; tail wholly green, the end 

 not yellow. 



From the drawings of Mr. Woodford, 



227 —BLUE-BACKED PARROT. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill pale ; plumage green ; the greater 

 wing coverts deep blue, forming an oblique large spot on the wing ; 

 the lower half of the back, for an inch or more, deep blue ; several of 

 the middle feathers margined with orange ; feathers of the rump 

 dusky, with green margins ; upper tail coverts orange ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Brazil ; brought from thence by Governor King, and 

 communicated by General Davies. It seems to approach in general 

 markings to the Passerine, or following species, but differs in being 

 larger, and having the space round the eye wholly covered with 

 feathers ; independent of the situation of the blue, which, instead of 

 being on the rump, is only a large patch on the back below the 

 middle. 



