PARROT. 113 



much damage. It has a piercing cry, and heard a long way off. 

 Called in Brazil Aracan. 



In a collection from Cayenne was one, which appeared to be the 

 female ; this was grey, with the crown bluish ; towards the rump 

 yellowish ; neck before dusky ash-colour ; breast and belly yellow 

 green; between the legs crimson, approaching to chestnut; quills 

 blue, fringed outwardly with green ; tail greatly cuneiform, the two 

 middle feathers eight inches long; all the feathers yellow greeu, 

 with chestnut shafts ; legs black. 



13. BLUE-CROWNED MACCAW. 



Le Maracana a tete bleue, Voy. d'Azara,iv. No. 278. 



LENGTH thirteen inches, Bill pale, with a dusky point; tongue 

 black ; irides red, round the eye nearly white ; plumage in general 

 green, paler beneath ; top of the head pale blue ; the two middle 

 tail feathers pale blue, and all, except these, margined within, and 

 at the tips, with flesh-colour ; legs dusky. 



One of these was found under the 24th degree of latitude, and 

 appears to be new, if not allied to the Brazilian green Maccaw. 



14 — GINGI PARROT. 



Psittacus Eupatria, Ind. Orn. i. 85. Lin. i. 140. Gm. Lin. i. 315. 

 Psittaca Ginginiana, Bris. iv. 343. t. 29. f. 1. Id. 8to. ii. 136. 

 La grande Perruche a aisles rougeatres, Buf. vi. 156. pi. enl. 239. 

 Perruche a Epaulettes rouges, Levail. pi. 73. 

 Gingi Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 209. Shaw's Zool. riii. 438. 



LENGTH twenty-one inches. Bill crimson ; round the eyes a 

 naked, reddish, skin ; plumage above deep olive green ; beneath 



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