YELLOW-SHOULDERED AMAZON. 499 



throat and fore part of the neck yellow; the 

 shoulders varied with red and yellow; the larger 

 coverts and sides of the body with green and 

 yellow: the wings and tail as usual ; the bill dusky, 

 and the legs brown. 



VAR. 5. 

 JONQUIL-HEADED AMAZON. 



In this the whole head and neck are yellow, the 

 shoulders varied with red and yellow, the thighs 

 red; the bill and legs pale. A specimen of this 

 variety is in the British Museum. 



VAR. 6. 



YELLOW-SHOULDERED AMAZON. 



Le Perroquet a epaulettes jaunes. Levaill. pi. 98. 

 Yellow-Winged Parrot. Lath. syn. 



In this variety the whole forepart of the head, 

 to a considerable distance beyond the eyes, to- 

 gether with the whole throat, are yellow ; the 

 shoulders and thighs are also of the same colour: 

 the wings and tail as in the rest: the bill pale, 

 and the legs dusky. The shoulders in this variety- 

 are sometimes tinged with red, and the front of 

 the head, immediately above the bill, with white. 

 Monsr. Levaillant, who considers this as a distinct 

 species, observes that in a state of domesticity, it 

 is subject to be varied in all parts with yellow. 



