262 PARROT. 



the side tail feathers red, then a bar of black, and the end green, the 

 two middle ones wholly green ; legs grey. The female is marked 

 much the same, but the colours less vivid, and the red on the face 

 much paler ; ridge of the wing yellow. 



Inhabits Guinea, and there very common; found also in ^Ethiopia, 

 the East Indies, and the Isle of Java ; are affectionate to each other, 

 and usually kept in pairs in one cage ; the male is ever obliging to 

 his mate, will hull the seeds for her with his bill, and present them 

 to her in this state, and each seems unhappy at a moment's separation ; 

 if one is sick, the other is melancholy, and if death ensues, the 

 sorrowful relict rarely long survives.* These are exported from 

 Africa in great numbers, but few in proportion survive the passage, 

 yet they will often live many years after. They are kept for their 

 beauty, for they have no song, only a noise, which is far from 

 agreeable. 



211— MITRED PARROT. 



Psittacus mitratus, Maxim. Trav. i. 229. 245. 



LENGTH seven inches, eight lines. Head, neck, and eyes 

 scarlet; body bright green, with dark blue quill feathers; tail short. 



Inhabits Brazil, there called Camutanga, and in some parts 

 Schaiia, from its note ; they fly in pairs with loud cries, over the 

 highest trees, and often in great numbers. 



212— COFFEE-BACKED PARROT. 



New Species of Parrot, Maxim. Trav. i. 240. 



LENGTH five inches and three quarters. Round the eye a 

 naked vermilion kind of skin ; tail short, green ; breast, belly, and 



* We have, however, known that single birds will often live in a cage for many years. 



