156 PARROT. 



the head and neck spotted with red, nor do these spots appear till 

 the second or third year, but the under wing coverts are red in every 

 stage, though paler. Very common at Cayenne ; found also in the 

 Caribbee Islands ; will learn to talk plain, but though confined for 

 a long time, rarely becomes familiar. Called at Guiana, Pavouane • 

 flies in numbers, and frequents savannas and woods; fond of the 

 fruit of the coral, or red bean tree.* Is probably that mentioned by 

 Bancroft, differing from the green one, having the feathers of the 

 head diversified with crimson spots, f 



A. — In the Leverian Museum I observed a slight variety, with 

 the head dusky blue, as far as the middle of the crown ; the under 

 parts of the body inclining to olive; bill and legs lead-colour; the 

 under wing coverts crimson, but no yellow adjoining. 



This came from Cayenne, and was full 13 in. in length. 



64— VARIED-WINGED PARROT. 



Psittacus marginatus, Jnd. Orn.i. 96. Gm. Lin.'i. 324. 

 Perruche de l'lsle de Lutjon, Son. Voy. 80. pi. 43. 

 Varied-winged Parrot, Gen. Syn.'i. 233. Shaw's Zool. viii. 420. 



SIZE large. Bill large and flesh-coloured, round the base the 

 feathers are bright green ; irides white; top of the head blue; body 

 above grass-green, beneath yellowish green ; lesser wing coverts black, 

 margined with yellowish brown ; greater coverts black, margined 

 with blue, forming together a large spot of beautiful appearance ; 

 quills and tail green, the latter cuneiform ; legs blackish. 



Inhabits the Island of Luzonia. 



* Erythrina. Corallodendron-, Lin. f Hilt. Guiana, p. 162. 



