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greater quills black, edged with green; the lower part of the five 

 middle ones red, the rest green, edged with yellow; tail green, near 

 the tip yellowish, the inner base of the four outside feathers red ; all 

 the shafts black ; the two middle ones rather longer than the others ; 

 legs hoary. 



Inhabits Guiana, the Amazon's Country, Brazil, and Mexico; 

 at the last place called by the Spaniards, Catharina ; according to 

 Brown it is also found in Jamaica. 



C. — Psitt. Brazil, cyanoceph, Bris. iv. 234. Id. 8vo. ii. 108. G?n. Lin. i. 349. $. 

 Ajuru-curuca, Rati, 33. 3. Will. 76. Id. Engl. 115. §. ix. 

 Aourou-couraou, Var. 3. Bnf.y'i. 219. 

 Blue-topped Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 286. 91. C. 



Size of the Ash-coloured Parrot. Bill cinereous, with a black 

 tip ; plumage in general green ; upper part of the head blue, mixed 

 with black, in the middle of which is a yellow spot ; beneath each 

 eye a spot of the same ; throat blue ; greater quills marked with red, 

 yellow, and violet at the end; legs bluish ash. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



D.— Psitt. Amazon, varius, Bris. iv. 287. t. 26. 2. Id. 8vo.ii. 128. Gm. Lin. i. 340. s. 



Gerin. t. 115. Ind. Orn. i. 122. s. 

 Ajurucurau, No. 2. Raii,33. Will. 76. Id. Engl. 115. §. ix. 

 Aourou-couraou, Var. 4. Buf. vi. 219. 



Psitt. major virid. mac. luteis et rubris, Frisch. t. 19. Klein. 25. 

 West India green Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 287. 91. D. Edw. pi. 162. 



Size of the last. Bill and cere cinereous ; orbits flesh-colour ; 

 hides orange ; forehead blue ; crown pale yellow, mixed with a little 

 blue ; cheeks and throat yellow ; rest of the plumage green ; behind 

 the neck a little mixed with yellow, and on the back with red 

 likewise ; shoulders red, mixed with yellow ; quills black, with green 



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