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A. — Psitt. guineennsis alis rubrig, Bris. iv. 312. A. Ind. Orn. i. 110. 0. 

 Red-winged ash-coloured Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 262" A. 



This differs in having the wings marked with red. 



B. — Psitt. guineensis rubro varius, Bris. iv. 313. B. Ind. Orn.'i. 110. y. Gerin. t. 113. 

 Red and ash-coloured Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 262. B. Edw. pi. 163. 



This has many red feathers mixed throughout with the grey. 



C— Psitt. ruber, Scop. i. p. 32. Ind. Orn. i. 110. Gen. Syn. i. 262. C. 



In this the head is ash-coloured ; cheeks naked ; on the breast 

 two brown feathers ; prime quills cinereous brown ; the colour of the 

 rest of the plumage not mentioned,* only that the tail was red. 



Added to these, a friend of mine had a bird of the first description, 

 in which two feathers on the middle of the breast were crimson, and 

 which had not varied for several years. 



It is not unusual for female Parrots to lay eggs in this country, 

 but not being impregnated, no account is taken of them ; and the 

 circumstance of their breeding here is of course very rare ; \ but we 

 are told, that at Marmande, in France, a male and female produced 

 young ones for five or six years together. The eggs were generally 

 four, of which never more than three were good. The nest was 

 made in a cask, which had one end knocked out, and filled with 

 saw-dust ; proper accommodation being made for entrance, so that 

 the male might sit by his mate : if any one entered the chamber 



* Probably red, from its being called Psittacus ruber. f A wonderfully fine talking 



Parrot of this sort, long in possession of King Henry the 8th, is mentioned by authors ; and 

 another belong to Cardinal Ascanius, at Rome, which could recite the Apostle's creed. 



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