BLUE-FACED GREEN PARROT. 
mandible, which is moderately hooked, and! 
has an angle on each side: the nostrils arei 
placed in a skin that falls a little way over the 
bill. The fore part of the head, or face, ail 
round the bill, is covered with blue feathers. 
The eyes are placed in this blue space ; be- 
ing surrounded with a narrow bare skin of a 
flesh-colour. The irides of the eyes are of 
an orange-colour. On the throat, below the 
blue, is a plat of red feathers. The hinder 
part of the head and neck ; the back, and co- 
vert-feathers of the wings ; and the breast, 
belly, and thighs ; are all of a pleasant green 
colour, darker on the back, and lighter on the 
under side. The greater wing-feathers, or 
quills, are blue ; those following them are 
blue at their tips, and red at their bottoms ; 
the remaining quills, that cover the back, are 
green. The insides of the quills are of a 
light blue, a little inclining to green. The 
tail, above, is yellow at it's tips, for half-way ; 
the remainder, to the bottoms of the feathers, 
is of a full green; and the under-side of a pale 
yellowish green : some of the inner webs of 
the outer feathers being red towards their bot- 
toms or roots. The legs, fceu and claws, 
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