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The Great Green Parrot, from the W eft-indies. 
T HIS is a Parrot of the larger Size, being equal, or fuperior in Magnitude, 
to our large Sort of tame Pigeons. 
The Bill is whitifh, and has a notable Angle on the Edges of the upper Mandible 
on each Side ; the Noftrils are placed pretty near together, in a Skin that covers 
the Bafe of the upper Mandible of the Bill. The Eyes have Circles of a Gold- 
Colour round them, and are encompafied with a Space of bare Skin of a Flefh- 
Colour ; the Fore-part of the Head, as far back as the Eyes, is of a blue Colour; 
the Remainder of the Head is of a fine Yellow, with fome Mixture of Red where 
the Yellow falls in with the Green on the Neck ; the Neck all round, and the Back 
is Green ; the greater, or outer Quills of the Wings, are Dufky at their Tips, and 
Greenifh at their Bottoms ; the next fucceeding are of a fine Blue at their Tips, and 
Scarlet at their Bottoms ; the Innermofl that fall next the Rump are Green, with 
yellow Edges ; the Covert-Feathers next above the Quills are wholly Green •, the 
lefier Coverts are of a Golden-Yellow, which foftens and mixes a little with the 
green Coverts under them ; in the Skin that connects the Joint of the Wing* 
there are fome red Feathers intermixed with the yellow Covert-Feathers ; the 
Coverts within Side of the Wings are Yellow, with fome Green intermixed ; the 
Quills within are of a very blue Green ; the Bread and Belly is of a light- blueifh 
Green, the Feathers being fringed with a dufky Colour ; the Thighs, lower 
Belly, and Coverts under the Tail are Yellow; the downy Part of the yellow 
Feathers in the Head, Wings and Belly, is of a red Colour; the Rump is cover’d 
with green Feathers, tipped with Yellow ; the Coverts of the upper Side of the 
Tail are Green ; the upper Side of the Tail is alfo Green, the Edges of the Feathers 
being a little Yellow ; the outer Webs of the Outfide-Feathers are Blue ; the Infide 
of the Tail appears partly Red, the inner Webs of the Feathers being Red towards 
their Bottoms ; the Tips within are of a dufky Green; the Legs and Feet are made as 
in other Parrots, cover’d with dufky-brown Scales ; the Claws areBlackifh. 
This Bird was the Property of my worthy Friend James Theobald , Efq; who 
fent it to me immediately after its Death ; by which Means I had an Opportunity 
to examine it more particularly than I could have done had it been alive, Thefe 
Birds are pretty common in London ; they vary fomething from each other, though 
apparently of the fame Species ; in fome the yellow Colour prevails more, in 
others lefs. I believe the Yellow prevails moft in the Cock- Birds, The above was 
one of the fin eft I have met with. Mr. A! bin has publifhed this Bird in his 3d VoU 
P. 1 1. where he fays, though falfiy, that the Legs are cover’d with Feathers down 
to the Feet. He calls it the Barbadoes Parrot . I hope where I have re-figur’d any 
Birds, already figur’d by Mr. Albin , my Amendment in the Draughts will plead my 
Excufe. 
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