PARROT. 259 



Inhabits Senegal, where they are seen to fly five or six together, 

 and perch on the tops of trees, which are here and there scattered in 

 the burning sandy plains : the cry is sharp and disagreeable : they 

 keep close together in pairs, so that two are often shot at once, and 

 sometimes the whole little flock: they are said to talk very well. 

 In the Leverian Museum was one of these, differing from the former, 

 having here and there a yellow feather on the back ; and the head 

 cinereous brown : probably this was a young bird. 



Le Maire * says, there is a larger sort, with yellow on the back, 

 which does not talk. 



206— COWLED PARROT. 



LENGTH about seven inches. Bill pale dirty brown ; round 

 the eye bare ; head and neck black, continuing lower on the throat 

 before ; round the lower part of the neck a broad, pale, orange brown 

 ring ; the feathers margined with a darker colour, appearing waved ; 

 back, wings, tail, belly, and thighs pale green ; quills dusky black ; 

 lower belly and vent yellowish white ; legs black. 



Inhabits South America ; brought from the Island of Trinadad. 

 It seems to approach greatly to the Hooded Species, and is of a stout 

 make, but on comparison, differs in several particulars : it is smaller, 

 the bill not red ; chin and throat wholly black all round, and the tail 

 feathers, although pointed, are equal in length ; legs black, not red. 



Voy. de la Maire, 1605. p. 107: 

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