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and greenish, and the legs inclhilng to flesh colour. Tlie general 

 colour of the head and neck is green, and the same colour prevails 

 on the breast, belly, and thighs. Upon the crown of the head the 

 green assumes a blueish tint, and on the neck appears enlivened with 

 yellowish, the disk of a number of the feathers being of a yellow 

 colour, with the edges brown, so as to present a kind of scolloped 

 appearance. The back and wing coverts are deep black, with a 

 somewhat velvet aspect ; the greater quill feathers black. But one 

 of the characters by which it is distinguished chiefly is the remark- 

 able band of yellow, and its contiguous parallel band of blue by 

 which the wings are traversed. This conspicuous band is formed 

 by the secondary quill feathers, which being of a fine yellow, with the 

 ends a lively blue, appear like two distinct bands, and from their 

 gaiety of colouring are admirably relieved by the deep sable hues of 

 the wings and back. In the bird before us the black colour of the 

 back extends nearly to the tail, the ends of the tail coverts only being 

 green. The most singular contrast in the appearance of its plumage 

 arises from the very difl'erent colour of the tail : this is of a pale 

 carnation, glossed or changeable to a delicate violet. The tail, with 

 the exception of the two middle feathers, is traversed near the tip 

 with a single broad band of black ; the two middle feathers are of the 

 same pale carnation colour as the rest, but rather more inclined 

 to blueish. 



The black winged Parrot is described as a native of Batavia 

 and Luzonia. Our specimen we are assured is from the Brazils. We 

 have also very lately had an opportunity of consulting an extensive 

 series of drawings, representing the principal Natural productions 

 of Surinam, made by an Englishman resident upon the spot, for 

 his own amusement, and among those drawings have met with one 



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