E.OSE-HEADED RING PARROQiJET« 
a draught of it. The Indians call it Fridy- 
tutah. Albin, in his History of Birds, has al- 
ready given a figure taken from this identical 
bird : but, on comparing his description with 
the bird itself, I thought I could make an 
amendment in both. He has om.itted to take 
notice of the red spots on the wings : and has 
called the upper side of the tail, grass-green ; 
which is really blue, with the least tindlure of 
green imaginable near the roots of the feathers- 
He says, the tall was composed of four fea- 
thers ; which is contrary to the nature of every 
bird I ever saw: no bird having less rhan ten; 
and, I believe, none of the Parrot-kind less 
than twelve. But the tail of this was a little 
imperfedl; ; and the bird being inclosed in glass, 
Mr. Albin could not separate the feathers so as 
to make out their number. This bird was, I 
believe, unknown to us, before Albin figured 
and described it." I had the liberty to open the 
glass-case, to examine it the more exadlly." 
To this description, by Edwards, we may 
add that of BufFon ; who confines the blue co- 
lour of the tail to the two longr shafts. This 
middle course, between Albin and Edwards^ 
may 
