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*The Brafilian Green Parrot. 
T HIS Bird is of a large Size, being equal to the bigger Sort of tame Pi- 
geons, fomething exceeding the Size of the well-known Grey Parrot with a 
red Tail. 
The Bill is made like thofe of other Parrots, all of a Flefh-Colour, except the 
Skin at the Bafe of the upper Mandible, wherein the Noftrils are placed, which is 
dufky. It hath a Wave on the Edge of the upper Mandible on each Side, but no 
direft Angle, as many of the Parrots have. The Fore-part of the Head, quite round 
the Bill, is of a fine Red, or Scarlet-Colour ; the Eyes are of a dark Colour, having 
a Space of bare Skin quite round them of a light Afh-colour. Partly under, and 
partly behind each Eye, on the Sides of the Head, is a roundifh Spot of fine Blue ; 
the Top of the Head is of a yellowifh Green ; the Hinder-part of the Neck, and the 
Back, is of a darker Green ; the under Side of the Bird, from the Throat to the Co- 
vert-Feathers under the Tail, is of a light Green, inclining to Yellow; the Coverts 
beneath the Tail are lighted:, and mofl Yellow ; the prime QuJ 11s of the Wing are 
Dufky; the Middle-Quills have their outer Webs Blue ; the Remainder of the Quills 
next to the Rump are Green, with yellow Borders ; the firft and fecond Rows of 
Covert-Feathers, above the Quills, are alfo of a dark Green, With yellow Edges ; the 
lefler Coverts of the Wings are of a lighter Green ; the Ridge of the Wing in its 
upper Part, about the Joint, is Yellow ; a little lower down, where it falls on the 
Breaft, the Ridge has red Feathers on it; the green Feathers on the Hinder-part 
of the Neck and Back are edged with a darkifh Purple ; the Rump and Covert- 
Feathers on the upper Side of the Tail are Green ; the Middle-Feathers of the Tail 
are Green ; next to them fucceed red ones ; the outermofl Feather on each Side has 
its outer Web Blue ; the Infide of the Tail appears Red, the inner Webs of all the 
Feathers being Red; the Tips of all the Tail-Feathers, both within and without, 
are of a fine yellow Colour. It had two Toes forwards, and two backwards 
on each Foot ; the Legs and Feet were cover’d with rough Scales of a brownifh 
Afh- Colour, 
This Draught was taken from the living Bird, at the Sign of the Parrot and 
Cage , a Cage-maker’s, in Crooked-Lane , London , who was alfo a Dealer in Foreign 
Birds. He informed me, that he bought it of one who brought it over from the 
Brafils . I believe we have no Figure or Defcription of this Bird. It differs much 
from the large Green Parrots, commonly brought to us from the Wejl-Indiet . 
Thi 
