250 PARROT. 



of the quills blue ; middle tail feathers green, outmost but one red, 

 the outer blue, the whole tipped with fine yellow ; legs brownish 

 ash-colour. 



Inhabits Brazil and Guiana. We observed one, in which all 

 the tail feathers were crimson, except the exterior, which was blue, 

 but the whole of them with the ends yellow. 



190— PILEATED PARROT. 



Psittacus pileatus, Ind. Orn. i. 12-5. Scop. Ann. i. No. 32. 

 Pileated Parrot, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. p. 94. 



SIZE of a Missel Thrush. Bill horn-colour, with a brown base.; 

 forehead and crown red ; cheeks naked; general colour of the plumage 

 green ; quills and tail blue on the outer edges, the last yellow at the 

 end ; rump yellow-green. 



M. Scopoli suspects it to be a Variety of the Golden-crowned 

 Parrakeet, but does not mention the shape of the tail. 



191 —RED-HEADED AMAZON'S PARROT. 



Psittacus Tarabe, Ind. Orn. i. 125. Qm, Lin.i. 344. Rail. p. 33. 5. 



^— — Braziliens. erythrocepli. Bris. iv. 240. Id. Svo. ii. 109. 



Le Maracana a tete rouge, Voy. d'Azara. iv. No. 284. Euf. vi. 211. 

 Red-headed Amazon's Parrot, Gen. Syn. i. 295. 



BIGGER than the Ceram Lory. Bill cinereous; plumage in 

 general green ; head, throat, neck before, breast, and lesser wing 

 coverts red ; legs cinereous. 



Inhabits Brazil, but not Guiana. M. d'Azara has seen several, 

 both wild and tame, but they appeared to be a stupid race. 



