PARROT. 



ne whole crown ; the green colour less bright, and inclining to 

 yellow ; on the wing a little red, as in the other, and a shade of 

 yellow under the tail. 



M. Buffon observes, that this is known at Guiana by the name of 

 Bastard, or Half Amazon, supposing it to spring from a cross breed 

 with another Parrot ; one in the Leverian Museum had the forehead 

 and sides, as far as the ears, yellow, otherwise did not differ. 1 

 observed likewise another, in which the yellow on the forehead was 

 mixed with green ; the ridge of the wing also of a mixed red colour, 

 and a line of black just round the base of the bill. 



B. — Psitt. major poikilorynchos, Bris.iv. 270. 7rf.8vo.ii. 116. Raii. Syn: p. 30, 



Will. p. 74. 

 L' Amazone a tele jaune, Var. 2. Buf. vi. 210. 

 Party-billed Parrot, Gen. Syn.'x. 283. B. Will. Engl. p. 113. 



Length eighteen inches.* This seems to vary from the others 

 chiefly in the bill, the upper mandible of which is bluish green, and 

 yellow oker on the sides; tip crossed with a white spot; the under 

 lead-colour round about, and yellow in the middle.f 



181— ASH-FRONTED PARROT. 



Psittacus Barbadensis, Bris. iv. 236. Jrf.8vo.ii. 108. Gm.Lin.'i. 339. 



Psitt. virid. et luteuscapite cinereo, Klein, p. 25. 



Green and yellow Parrot from Barbadoes, Alb. iii. pi. 11. 



Ash-fronted Parrot, Gen. Syn. L 2S4. 



SIZE of a large Pigeon. Bill horn-colour; cere and orbits 

 cinereous; forehead pale ash-colour; top of the head, cheeks, throat, 

 and fore part of the neck yellow ; lesser wing coverts and thighs the 



* Willughby. f I deni - 



