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with whitifh bars. The feathers on the 

 top of the head are near an inch and an 

 half in length, and thefe, as well as 

 thofe of the cheeks and neck, are eredled 

 at pleafure. The body and wings are 

 green ; and the feathers of the tail, 

 which are (hort, are fome green, and 

 others of a dull red. 



The Green Parroquet of Guiana is 

 about the fize of a fmall Thrulh. Its 

 bill is flender, and of a flefli colour. The 

 iris of the eye is outwardly reddilh, but 

 afh-coloured near the pupil : the eyes 

 are furrounded by a circle of bare flefti- 

 coloured fkin, 6bout one line in width, 

 and the whole plumage is green, with 

 a variety of fliades. Thefe are the 

 moft numerous of all the Parroquets in 

 Guiana : they are alfo found in 'Terra 

 Firma> and fome of the CarribUe 

 Iflands. 



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