442 JAQUIMA PARRAKEET,. 



is twelve inches and a quarter ; the bill blood-red, 

 and black at the point ; the under mandible wholly 

 black J the eyes situated in a bare flesh-coloured 

 skin. 



It is considered as a lively and docile bird ; is 

 very noisy in its natural state, and when tame is 

 easily taught to articulate, and shews considerable 

 powers of imitation. It is found not only in St. 

 Domingo, but in various parts of South- America. 



VAR. 



In Brasil it varies with the bill entirely flesh- 

 colour ; and it is to this variety that the specimen 

 figured by Edwards is to be referred. Edwards 

 observes that the tail-feathers are nearly blue to- 

 wards their tips, which are very short. 



JAQUILMA PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus Jaquilma, P. macr. viridis, remigibus apice fuscisj of* 



hitisfuhis. Lath, ind. orn. 

 Green Parrakeet, with fulvous orbits, and quill-feathers dusky at! 



the tips. 



Psittacus Jaquilma. Molina ChiL p. 228. 

 Jaquilma Parrot. Lath» suppL 2. 



Size of a turtle : plumage wholly green, excef^ 

 the tips of the quills, which are brown, and the 

 orbits fulvous : tail very long and cuneiform. Na- 

 tive of Chili, where it is often seen in large flocks. 



