PARROT. 151 



58.— EMERALD PARROT. 



Psitt'. smaragdinus, Ind. Orn. i. 94. Gm. Lin. i. 322. 



Perruche emeraude, Buf. vi. 262. Levail. Perr. i. 47. pi. 21. 



-^^-^— des terres magellaniques, PI. enl. S5. 



Emerald Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 239. Id. Sup. p. CO. Sltaiv's Zool. viii. 406. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill dusky ; plumage dusky green, 

 except the lower part of the belly, vent, and tail, which are ferru- 

 ginous chesnut ; tail pretty long, with a green tip ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits the neighbourhood of the Straits of Magellan ; this, 

 however, BufFon has doubt of; for, according to him,* no Parrot is 

 met with in so high a latitude : perhaps in this he is guided by the 

 supposition of their living on fruits and succulent food only; but as it 

 is well known that several of the Genus feed also on seeds and berries, 

 the objection on this head must cease ; besides, so many authors of 

 veracity assert to the contrary, that the fact cannot be doubted : we 

 are told, that two sorts were seen about Trinity Harbour in the South 

 Seas, latitude 41 . 7. Dr. Forster met with two kinds at Dusky Bay, 

 New Zealand, latitude 40. south, and large flocks as low as Port 

 Famine, in the Straits of the Magellanf latitude 53. 44. south, where 

 their food must have been buds and berries, the forests being fre- 

 quently bounded by mountains, covered with eternal snow. 



59— RED AND BLUE-HEADED PARRAKEET. 



Psitt. canicularis, Lid. Orn. i. 94. Lin. i. 142. Id. iii. app. 228. Gm. Lin. i. 323. 

 Psitt. Brasiliensis fronte rubra, Bris. iv. 339. Id. 8vo. ii. 134. 



La Perriche a front rouge, Buf. vi. 268. PL enl. 767. Levail. Perr. i. 79. pi. 40. 

 Red and blue-headed Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 242. Edw. pi. 176. Shaw's Zool. viii. 455. 



SIZE of a Thrush ; length ten inches. Bill and cere pale ash- 

 colour ; eyes in a naked ash-coloured skin ; irides yellow orange ; 



* He confines them to 25 degrees on each side the equator, Hist, des Ois. ii. p. 82. 

 f Barrington. Misc. 489. 491. Voy. V. i. p. 158. % Spilsb. Voy. Woods, in Damp. 

 Voy. iv. 112. Hawksw. Coll. i. 38. besides other accounts more recent— Arct. Zool. ii. 244. 



