GUINEA SPAHROW; 
pairs, they live to a considerable age in our 
climates. They lay, sometimes, in Europe, 
but the eggs seldom hatch. Bufion mentions 
an instance, of two young Parroquets hatched 
in the month of January, in a room without, 
fire, but which the cold soon killed. He 
thinks that, with due care, these birds might 
be propagated in the domestic state. They 
are so afFe6lionate when coupled, that if one 
dies, the other grows melancholy, and scarcely 
ever survives. They are extremely attentive 
to each other: the male sits beside the female, 
and disgorges into her bill, and is uneasy if she 
be a moment out of his sight. " Thus,'* 
adds BufFon, " they sweeten their captivity, b)-" 
love, and gentle manners." 
The description of this bird, as given by 
Edwards, is as follows. **The bill is of an 
orange colour, hooked at the point of the upper 
mandible; but has no angle on it's edges, as is 
common in most of the Parrot kind. The 
nostrils are not in a skin falling over the hill: 
but between the feathers of the forehead and 
the bill, which is encompassed all round, both 
above and below, with bright red or scarlet 
feathers. 
