GUINEA SPARROW. 
unless the tail be a little spread : they are rather 
shortened in the figure, to shew the beauty of 
the tail. The legs, feet, and claws, in this 
bird, were of a dusky colour, hke those of 
other Parrakeets. This v/as a cock bird : in 
the hens,' the head is of a paler red; and the 
ridge of the wing about the joint is of a yellow 
colour." 
Willughby, who has given a long descrip- 
tion of this bird from Clusius, says that it is 
a native of Ethiopia. Buiton also remarks, 
that " Clusius has very distin£xly described 
this species, under the nam^e of Psittacus Mi- 
■nimus." He adds, that Edwards, Brisson, 
and .Linnseus, have confounded it with the 
Little American Parrot, painted with various 
colours, of Seba.^ But," continues BuiFon, " it 
is undoubtedly a different bird : for Seba says, 
that his Parrot has not only a coliar of fine 
sky-blue, and a tail magnifi<^ntly tinged witli 
a mixture of five colours, viz. blue, yellow, 
red, green, and deep green ; but that it's voice 
and song are pleasant, and that it easily learns 
to speak. It is evident," proceeds BufFon,' 
** that all these attributes belong not to the 
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