CAMASK PARROT. 



Monsr. Levaillant describes a variety of this 

 species, which he took from the nest, and bred in 

 a domestic state, and which, after having lived 

 some time in perfect health, at length began to 

 languish, and, on moulting, exhibited the appear- 

 ance of marigold-coloured feathers on the head: 

 * after this, every feather which it lost was replaced 

 by one of a marigold-colour. This bird died on 

 board the ship in which it was conveying to Eu- 

 rope. Monsr. Levaillant also once, and but once, 

 saw an approach to this variegated appearance in 

 the wild bird, which, however, had only a few 

 marigold-coloured plumes on the front of the head; 

 and here Monsr. Levaillant observes, that he 

 once saw, among a parcel of birds sent from Cay- 

 enne, two specimens of the Parrot called Macca- 

 muanne ( Psittacus Makavouanna^) variegated with 

 red, though they had been killed in their native 

 woods : a proof that this kind of variegation in the 

 Parrot tribe sometimes takes place in a state of 

 nature, as well as in a state of confinement. 



