BLUE-HEADED PARROT. 
The Blue-Headed Parrot, we are told by 
Edwards, who first figured and described it, 
is about the size of the Blue Guinea Parrot 
with a Red Tail. 
*' The bill," says this accurate observer, 
' <* is of a dark or dusky colour ; the upper 
mandible has a red spot on eacli side, and 
pretty deep angles on it's edges ; and the 
nostrils are placed in a narrow skin, pretty 
near together, at the basis of the upper man- 
dible. The eyes are of a dark colour, sur- 
rounded with a bare skin of a small breadth, 
and of a flesh colour. The head, neck, and 
part of the breast, are covered with feathers of 
a fine ultramarine blue, a little tinged with 
purple on the breast ; and, on each, side of the 
head, is a black or dusky spot. The back 
belly, thighs, and wings, are of a fine green 
colour. The covert-featheis of the wings 
are of a yellowish green^ inclining to gold, 
colour ; the inner coverts are greenish ; and 
the coverts beneath the tail arc of a fine scarlet. 
The 
