PARROT, 235 



177— WHITE-FRONTED PARROT. 



Psittacus leucocephalus, hid. Om. \. 118. Lin. 147. Gm. Lin, i. 33S« Borowsck. 



Nat. ii. p. 93. 

 Psittacus Martinicanus, Bris. iv. 242. Id. 8vo. ii. 110. 

 Amazone a tete blanche, Buf. vi. 212. pi. 9. 

 Perroquet a face rouge, Levari. Perr. i. 107, 108, 109. 



a front blanc, PL enl. 335. 



White-headed Parrot, Edw. pi. 166. 

 White-fronted Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 279. 



LENGTH eleven or twelve inches. Bill flesh-colour ; cere and 

 orbits white ; irides dark hazel ; plumage in general green ; the 

 feathers fringed with brown, more conspicuous on the fore parts ; 

 forehead white ; crown of the head blue, with a few red spots ; cheeks 

 throat, and neck before scarlet ; belly green, with a mixture of red, 

 in some ferruginous ; greater quills blue, beneath blackish ; tail green, 

 the two middle feathers wholly so ; the three others on each side red, 

 for three-fourths from the base ; the others the same, but outwardly 

 bluish ; legs deep brown. 



Inhabits Martinico, and other parts in the same latitude. 



A.— Psittacus leucocephalus, Ind. Orn.i. 118. 111. j3. Rati, 31, & 181, Will. 75: 

 - Martinic. gutture-rubro, Bris. iv. 244. Id. Svo. ii. 111. Gm. Lin. i. 



338. 30. |S. Spalowsck. Vog. iii. t. 6. 

 Psitt. viridis fronte alba, Frisch. t. 46. Klein, p. 25. 9. 

 L' Amazone a tete blanche, Buf. vi. 212. var. PL enl. 54Q. 

 White-headed Parrot, Gen. Syn.i. 280. A. Will. Engl. 113. 5. 



This differs from the last in being a trifle bigger ; it wants the 



blue behind the white on the crown ; the belly inclines to purple 



instead of red, and those feathers which in the other have red in them, 



in this, have a portion of yellow likewise. In other things one 



description might serve. 



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