BLUE-HEADED PARROT. 
nearer the quills are to the edges. The bill is 
black, with a red spot on both sides of the 
upper mandible. The feet are grey- . 
We have observed,'* adds Bufron, that 
Brisson has confounded this bird with Edwards's 
Blue- Faced Green Parrot, which is our Blue- 
Headed Crick." 
The specific chara£ler of our Blue- Headed 
Parrot, or the Psittacus Menstruus of Linnaeus, 
as given in BufFon, is said to be, that " it is 
green: it's head bliieish ; it's vent black.'* 
But, in Kerr's Linnsus, it is. stated to be 
*' green ; witli a blueish head, and red vent- 
let." 
Mr. Kerr says, that " this species, which 
is not very docile, and has the natural voice 
of a Jackdaw, is about the size of a Turtle- 
Dove. The head and neck are blueish, the 
feathers being brown, with blue tips. The 
back and wiui^s are green : the wing coverts 
i)e.ing yellowish green ; and the wing quills 
green, with brown inner edges. The belly is 
green, the feathers having blueish tips. The 
tail 
