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CINEREOUS PARROT. 



Psittacus cinereus. P. corpore toto ccerulescente-cinereo. 

 Parrot with the whole plumage of a blueish ash-colour. 

 Psittacus Brasiliensis cinereus. Briss. orn, 

 Marac'dua. Rail syn. 

 Cinereous Parrot. Lath, syn^ 



This, which is mentioned by Marcgrave in his 

 History of Brasil, is said to resemble the Grey 

 Parrot, but to be larger, and entirely of a blueish 

 grey. Maregrave supposes it to be a native of 

 Brasil, but it seems more probable that it was im- 

 ported into that part of America from Guinea. 



ASH-COLOURED PARROT. 



Psittacus Erithacus. P. canus^ temporibus nudis albis, cauda coc- 



cinea, Lyn. Syst, Nat, 

 Grey Parrot, with naked white orbits and bright-red tail. 

 Psittacus cinereus seu subcaBruleus. Aldr, om. 

 Ash-coloured Parrot. Will. orn. 



Perroquet cendre ou Jaco. Btif, ois. PL Enl. 311. Levaill. 



1^^.99, 100.101, 102, 103. 

 Common Grey Parrot. 



This well known species is remarkable for its 

 docility, the distinctness of its articulation, and its 

 unrestrained loquacity; readily imitating every 

 sound within its hearing. Its general size is that 

 of a small Pigeon, and its length about twelve 

 inches: its colour an elegant ash-grey, deeper on 



