SIS WHITE-FRONTED PARROT* 



named the White- Headed Amazon Parrot. Its 

 size is somewhat smaller than that of the Amazon, 

 measuring from ten to twelve inches in length* 

 The plumage is, light green, with a yellowish cast 

 on the under parts of the body; and the feathers 

 are elegantly marked or fringed by a dusky or 

 blackish edge. The front, to a greater or smaller 

 extent in different individuals, is milk-white; in 

 some extending half way over the head and in- 

 cluding the eyes; in others reaching only about a 

 third part over the head; and scarcely passing 

 beyond the eyes: the upper part of the head, be- 

 hind the white feathers, is of a pale but bright 

 blue, and is sometimes slightly intermixed with 

 red: the lower part of the cheeks, the throat, and 

 under part of the neck to a considerable extent, 

 are of a bright scarlet colour: the larger wing- 

 feathers bright blue with dusky tips, and some of 

 the larger coverts are often tinged with the same 

 colour: the rest of the wing-feathers are green, 

 and are destitute of the red bar, so conspicuous 

 in the Amazon Parrots: the edge of the shoulder 

 is, however, in some specimens, slightly tinged 

 with red: the lower part of the belly is generally 

 more or less varied or scalloped with red, but in 

 some individuals is marked by a large bed of 

 purplish red, or darker than that on the throat: 

 the tail is green above, with the exterior webs of 

 the two outside feathers blueish; but on the up- 

 der part the three or four lateral feathers are red 

 from their base to about half their length: the bill 

 is pale or white; the orbits surrounded by a white 



