PAR 
*'^efy common in Spain, Italy, and other warm 
countries. 
PARAGUA. A fpecies of Brazilian parrot, 
about the fize of the common green parrot: the 
back is entirely black- the breafb, and the fore- 
part of the belly, are of a beautiful red colour; 
the eyes are black, with red irides; the beak is 
brownj or diifl<y grey; and the legs and feet are 
grey. 
PARAMECIUM. An appellation given by 
Hill to a genus of animalcules of the gymnia 
kindj and of an irregular oblong figure. There 
arc feveral fpecies. 
PARANCARE. A fpecies of crab, or rather 
lobfter, about three inches long, which lives in a 
borrowed flielL The two fore-legs have nippers ; 
and befides thefe there are eight more, the four 
forem.oll being three inches long, and the reft con- 
liderably fliorter. The tail is one inch and a 
half long; and the eyes are long and prominent. 
It has two barbs compofed of tufts of hair. The 
body is covered with a dark chefnut-coloured 
fkin ; the tail is of the fame colour, ftreaked with 
black ; the lower part of the body is blueifli, as 
are the eyes and barb ; and over every part there 
are ochre-coloured hairs. The fhell in which it 
feUdes is about four inches long, turbinated, and 
of a paleifh yellow colour. 
PAR ATI. A Brazilian fidi of the mullet 
kind, refembling that fpecies called curema and 
taintra in every refpe6l but fize, and the rolour 
of it's eyes, the irides of which are of a fne yel- 
low hue, whereas thofe of the curema are filvery. 
The flefli, when dreffed, is alfo drier than that of 
the curema. 
PARDALIS. An appellation given by fome 
ornithologifts to the bird more frequently cal- 
led pluvialis, and known in Englifh by the 
name of the grey and green plover. It is about 
the fize of the lapwing, and is much efteemed for 
the table. 
Pardalfs is alfo a name ufed by fome natura- 
lifts to exprefs the leopard ; called alfo pardiis, 
panthera, and varia. It is diftinguiflied from the 
lion by it's variegation of colours; and from tlie 
tiger by the difpontion of thole colours, which on 
the back, fides, and flanks of this animal, are al- 
ways in round fpots; and on the ridge of the back 
there is a row of oblong fpots. The leopard is 
inferior to the tiger in fize; but, in cruelty, and 
general enmity to die animal creation, is nearly 
k's equal. It inhabits Africa, from Barbary to 
the remoteft parts of Guinea. 
PAROUS. An appellation whereby Ibme 
exprefs the leopard; which, by the more accurate 
writers, is generally called Pardalis. 
Parous is alfo a name ufed by conchologrfts 
to exprefs a kindof fhells of the genus of voluta. 
There are three known fpecies: a voluta fpotted 
with black; another fpotted with yellow; and a 
third very elegantly marked with red. They are 
called Pardi, or leopard-fiiells, from their diftinft 
fpots refembling thofe of the leopard. 
PARGIE. The name of an American fiOi, 
which differs from the European fca-bream in lit- 
tle elfe befides the fhape of the fore-part of the 
body, which is almoft circular, and of a greyifh 
colour with ftreaked yellow lines reaching from 
the head to the tail. 
PARNOPS. A fpecies of wafp, frequently 
found in vineyards, and among vine-preffes, par- 
ticularly in hot countries. It is diftinguiflied 
from all other wafps by the roundnefs of it's bocfy, 
which is not {lender nor flatted in the common 
way, but round and tumid. • 
PARROQUET. A difcinftiye appellation for 
a clafs of the parrot kind, which are linaller than 
the common parrots, and furnifhed with lono-er 
tails. There are a great variety of fpecies. 
Parroquet, Red-Breasted ; the Pfittacu.<; 
Haematodus of Linnjeus. The bill of this bird 
is of a ycllowifli white colour, with a very narrow 
fl<in over tlie upper jiart, in which the noitrils arc 
placed; the upper edge of the mandible is mode- 
rately hooked, and the edges on the outfide arc 
waved. The feathers all round the bill are blue, 
and extend a little way over the crown; the fides 
of the head, and it's hinder part, are green; and 
round the extreme part of the neck there is a yel- 
low ring, below which the neck is green all 
round. The back, the rump, the upper fides of 
the wings, and the tail, are all of a fine vivid 
green hue; the breafl: is of a beautiful reddifli 
orange-colour; and the belly below it, v.'ith the 
under-fides of the wings, are of a dark green, 
fiighdy intermixed with red. The this-hs, the 
lower belly, and the coverts under thelail, are 
yellow interfperfed with green; the under-fides of 
the tail-feathers are of a dirty yellow hue; the 
imall feathers on the ridge near the joints, on tlie 
infide of the wings, are yeliow; the covert-fcadiers 
that fucceed them are red; and the infide of all 
the quills have their tips and bottoms of a dufl<y 
colour, the inner webs of the longer quills beino- 
yellow in the intermediate fpace, and thofe of the 
fhorter quills next the body reddifli. The leo-s, 
feet, and clav/s, are of a duflcy or blackifh colour; 
and their make and pofition refemble thofe of 
other birds of the fame clafs. TJiis fpecies is a 
native of the Eaft Indies. 
Parroquet, Lory; the Pfittacus Ornatus of 
Linnaeus. This bird is about eight inches in 
length: the bill is of a bright orange colour; the 
irides are reddifii; and a bare afli-coloured fl<in 
furrounds the eyes. The crown of the head is 
covered with dark feathers of a fine blue glofs; 
and behind them there is a crefcent of fcarlet, 
with it's horns pointing towards the eyes. The 
ears are covered with plats of dark blue feathers, 
behind which they are yellow. The fides of the 
head belov/ the eyes, as well as the throat and 
breafl:, are covered with fcarlet; but the breafl:- 
feathers are tipped with a blackifli green. The 
hinder part of the neck, the back, wings, and 
whole under-fide of the body, are green, with 
a fmall mixture of yellow; and the feathers on the 
miirldle of the back, and the fides of the belly, are 
alfo tipped with yellow. Some of the wing- 
quills are edged with yellow, as well as thole 
of the baflard-wing; but the remainder of the 
wing is entirely green, as are alfo the upper fide of 
the tail and it's coverts. Tiie feathers are long 
on the middle, and gradually fnorten towards the 
fides; the tail-feathers, on their under-fides, are 
green at the bottoms, and of a yellowifli green 
at the tips; and the feet, legs, and clav/s, are of 
a dark afn-colour. 
This beautiful bird is alfo a native of die Eafb 
Indies. 
Parroquet, Green, Long-Tailed ; the Pfit- 
tacus Rufiroftris of Linnseus. This fpecies is 
about the fize of a large thrufli, and has a longer 
tail than ordinary in proportion to it's bulk; the 
bill i« 01 a flellr-colouri and the irides are exter- 
^ naliy 
