PARROTS. 



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bright blue band reaches from eye to eye, beyond which the 



feathers of the crown, cheeks, and throat are of a rich yellow. 



The Brazilian green parrot is a large and beautiful bird, 



of a fine grass-green, rather paler beneath the feathers, edged 



MACAW AND PAKItoTS. 



with purplish-brown. The front and round the base of the 

 bill is bright red, the cheeks rather deep blue, and the top of 

 the head yellow. The edge of the wings, at sonic distance 



