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in Guiana ; it is about the same size as the hist-mentioned 
species, has a g-reen body, with bkie pinion feathers^ some 
of them tipped with red ; the neck and upper part of tlie 
breast is also red; the throat and front of the head bhie the 
feet, and a circle round the eyes, are flesh-coloured, and the 
bill horn-coloured with an orange stripe on each side of the 
upper mandible; the tail-feathers are a mixture of green, 
blue, and red. There are several varieties of this bird, none 
of which are at all common ; it is not easily taught, and has 
a shrill cry like gir-givy which it utters incessantly, 
TH3 BLUE-HEADED PARROT. 
This is an East Indian bird, a very beautiful and by no 
means rare species; it is about eleven inches and a half 
long, the tail being about six inches : it has a blue head, and 
a violet throat, with a silvery reflection playing about it ; 
the whole of the body is green, inclining on the under part 
to yellow ; of this latter colour is also the upper mandible 
of the bill, the lower one being ashy gray, like the claws, 
and the naked space round the eyes ; the tail-feathers, of 
which the two centre ones are four inches longer than the 
rest, vary from green to blue ; some of them are lined and 
edged with yellow. We are not aware that the bird has 
ever been taught to speak. 
THE ANGOLA YELLOW PARROT 
Is about the same size as the last ; it has a conical tail, over 
about one-third of which the wings extend when closed v 
the prominent colour of the plumage is an orange yellow^ 
varied with green and blue ; the beak and feet are gray, as 
is the throat, a circle round the eyes, and the cere. The 
name of this bird indicates the place from whence it comes : 
it may be taught to speak very distinctly. 
THE MORETON BAY PARROT 
Is a smaller species, with golden-tinted plumage, which may 
sometimes, but very rarely, be met with ; it is a splendid 
bird, and, on account of its rarity, of great value. Of its 
natural history little or nothing seems to be known ; in con 
linenient it mav be treated like the rest of its family. 
