BLUE-FACED GREEN PARROT. 
The rest of the body is green ; which is deeper 
on the back than beneath. The superior co- 
verts of the wings are green ; ilieir great 
quills are blue ; those adjacent, red, and the 
upper part blue at the extremity : the quills 
near the body are green. The quills of the 
tail are green on their upper surface as far as 
the middle, and yellowish green below : the 
lateral ' quills are red on their exterior webs. 
The iris is orange coloured ; the bill is black- 
ish cinereous, with a reddish spot on the 
sides of the upper mandible ; the feet are 
flesh-coloured; and the nails are black." 
To this species, BufFon refers the following 
varieties — ' 
" I. The Cocho Parrot, mentioned by Fer- 
nandez': which, differs in so far only as it is 
variec^ated with red and whitish, instead, of red 
andhluei.-h; in every other rerpcct, it is the 
same with the Blue-Headed Crick. The Spa- 
niards call it Catherina ; which name they ap- 
ply, also, to the second variety of the Aoua- 
rou-Couraou ; and Fernandez says, that it 
prattles well. 
" 2. The 
