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igrOLDEN, OR 

 ^UEEN OF JpAVARIA'S JgARROT. 



Psittacus luteus. 



Synonyms: Psittacus gouaruba, Gml.; Aratinga Carolina 



Augusta, Spx.; Sittace lutea, Wgl.; Conurus luteus, Gb.; Psittacara 



gouaruba, Br.; Heliospitta guarouba, Bp. ; Psittaca lutea, Bess. 



Feench : La Perruche doree, ou guarouba jaune, Bpfn. 

 German: Der Goldsittich, Ess.; Gelber Keilschwanzsittich, Fnsch. 



FOR wealth of colour and elegance of shape, as well as for general 

 intelligence and docility, the Parrots are scarcely to be surpassed 

 by any of the feathered tribes. From pure white to the deepest shade 

 of black, from scarlet and vermilion to the richest golden yellow, 

 from purple to sky-blue, and from dark grass green to the palest of 

 emerald tints ; these and every combination of them are the hues that 

 decorate the plumage of the Psittaddw, among which there is perhaps 

 no more striking looking creature than the subject of the present 

 notice; a native of Northern Brazil, where amidst the rich tropical 

 vegetation, decked with myriads of blooms of the brightest and most 

 varied hues, it seems more like an animated blossom than a bird, as 

 it darts on strong unerring pinion through 



" Some sylvan scene, 

 Where the long drooping boughs between, 

 Shadows dark and sunlight sheen 



Alternate come and go," 



and impart fresh beauties to its form, by revealing each instant new 

 gradations of colour, that would have been lost to the spectator, who 

 had merely seen the Golden Parrot sitting motionless upon a tree, 

 whether in sun or shade. 



