210 PARROT. 



wherein they were, not having boots on, he was sure to have his legs 

 severely bitten by the male, who was particularly jealous if any one 

 approached the female. P. Labat also mentions a pair which hatched 

 young ones at Paris. 



141.— CINEREOUS PARROT. 



Psittacus cinereus, Ind. Orn. i. 110. Gin. Lin. i. 333. Bris. iv. 313, Id. 8vo. ii. 127. 

 Maracana, Raii, p. 29. Will. p. 73. Id. Engl. 112. 5. 

 Cinereous Parrot. Gen. Syn. i. 263. Shaw's Zool. viii. 486. 



MARCGRAVE, whose short description we are constrained to 

 follow, says, it is altogether like a Parrot, but bigger ; all its 

 feathers bluish-grey ; that it cries like a Parrot, and loves fruit, 

 especially that called Murucuja.* 



Said to inhabit Brazil, but this may be doubted, as we know not 

 any of this colour in America; it is more probable, that it was 

 originally imported from Guinea, along with the Negro slaves. Dr. 

 Bancroft remarks, that although Parrots are very numerous, and of 

 different species in Guiana, none of them are destitute of green 

 feathers .f 



Whether this may be a variety of the Ash-coloured Parrot, I am 

 unable to determine, having never met with such a bird, nor can I 

 reconcile its feeding on the Murucuja, which, I believe, is only found 

 in South America, and the West Indies. 



Passiflora Murucuja Lin. f Hist. Guiana. 



