GOLDEN-CROWNED PARROQUET. 
who tells US, that it is rather larger than a 
Blackbird — " The bill, is black : the upper 
inandible is hooked at the point, and has an- 
gles on the sides ; and there is a narrow 
skin, of a blueish flcsh-coiour, round the base 
of the upper mandible, in which the nostrils 
are placed. The eye has a space of skin 
void of feathers round it, of the same colour. 
The iris of the eye, and a plat of feathers 
from the upper part of the back to the mid- 
dle of the crown of the head, are of a bright 
orange colour. The rest of the head, the 
neck, back, and upper sides of the wings and 
tail, are of a full darkish green colour. The 
throat is of a yellowish green, tin6lured with 
a reddish brown. The breast, belly, sides, 
under the wings, thighs, and covert-feathers 
under tlie tail, are of a light yellowish green. 
A few of the quills, between the longest and 
shortest, next the body, are blu€ outwardly. 
Such of the first row of covert-feathers as fall 
on these blue quills, are also blue ; which, to- 
gether, form a bar of blue down the wings. 
Tlie insidcs of the wings, and the under side 
of the tail, are of a dirty yellowish green, or 
plcklcd-olive colour. The legs and feet are 
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