192 PARROT. 



two red spots ; on the front a narrow chocolate-coloured band ; tail 

 red, mixed with yellow, almost wholly red beneath ; outer edge of 

 the wing sky blue ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Paraguay : some call it the Chiripepe, others Aribaya ; 

 the first on account of its cry ; male and female alike ; generally 

 seen in flocks, though not to be found beyond 27 degrees of latitude ; 

 fly quick ; makes the nest in holes of trees, lays three eggs, 



114. WIDOW PARRAKEET. 



La jeune Veuve, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 282. 



LENGTH ten inches, extent sixteen. Bill dusky; forehead and 

 neck before pearly grey, with a paler border ; breast the same, mixed 

 with grey ; top of the head, hind part of the neck, back, and upper 

 wing coverts green, having a tinge of brown on the back ; quills and 

 upper coverts blue, tinged with violet ; beneath yellowish green ; 

 under side and end of the tail feathers yellow, and the four middle 

 ones bluish green above ; legs dusky olive. 



Inhabits Buenos Ayres, where it is called Cotorra, but at Para- 

 guay, Young Widow ; learns to talk, and articulates distinctly ; seen 

 in flocks at both the above places ; does not lay the eggs in hollow 

 trees, but makes a nest on the branches, with thorny twigs, three feet 

 in diameter, within soft grass, with an entrance on one side ; lays 

 three or four eggs. The family remains long together, and many of 

 them make their nests so near each other, as to touch ; others say, 

 that one nest serves several females : male and female resemble each 

 other, and the young do not greatly differ. 



