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of the head above pale blue; on each side of the head, between the 

 bill and eye, a red spot, surrounding the eye ; plumage in general 

 full green, with blackish margins, paler beneath ; bastard wing and 

 part of the quills adjoining red ; greater quills blue ; tail rounded, 

 green ; base crimson, shafts of the feathers chestnut ; legs ash-colour. 

 Where it inhabits is not said. Some suppose it the male of the 

 white-fronted. 



180— YELLOW-HEADED AMAZON'S PARROT. 



Psktacus arnazonicus, hid. Orn. i-.' 119: Bris. iv. 270. t. 26. Id. 8vo. ii. 117. 



Psitt. ochrocephalus. Gm. Lin. i. 339. 



— — poikilorynchos Aldrov, Shaw's Zool. viii. 491. 



L'Amazone a tete jaune, Bnf. vi. 208. 



Le Perroquet a tete jaune, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 285. 



Yellow-headed Amazon's Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 282. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill ash-coloured, with a red base ; 

 irides yellow ; top of the head lively bright yellow ; throat, neck, and 

 wing coverts green ; breast and belly yellowish green ; ridge of the 

 wing bright red ; quills varied with green, black, violet blue, and 

 red ; tail yellow green, the two outer feathers red on the inner webs 

 at the base ; legs grey. 



Inhabits Brazil, where it is common among the Mangrove trees, 

 on the banks of the rivers, and there it builds its nest : known by 

 the name of Curica. 



A. — L'Amazone a tete jaune, Var. 1. Buff,\\. 209. 

 Perroquet vert et rouge, PI. enl. 312. 

 Yellow-crowned Parrot, Gen. Syn.i. 282. 89. A: 



Length about fifteen inches. It chiefly differs from the preceding 

 in having only a small portion of yellow on the forehead, instead of 



