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The Red and Blue-Headed Parrakeet. 
T HIS Bird is here reprefented of its natural Bignefs. It is a 
beautiful little Green Parrot, of the long-tailed Kind ; the Tail 
having its Middle -Feathers longeft, and the Side-Feathers gradually 
fhortening. 
The Bill hath Angles on the Edges of the upper Mandible, more 
fharp and fudden than in fome other Parrots, pretty much hooked at 
the Point, of a light Afh-Colour, or whitifh above, and having fome 
darker Shades beneath ; the Noftrils are placed in a Skin that parts the 
Bill from the Forehead ; the Irides of the Eyes are of a Yellow or 
Orange-Colour; the Space of bare Skin that furrounds the Eye, is alfo of 
an Orange-Colour (which is not a common Colour in that Part ;) the 
Forehead, from the Bill to the Middle of the Crown, is of a Red, or Scar- 
let-Colour; the Remainder of the Crown of the Head backwards, is of 
a fine Blue, which foftens into the Green on the Hinder-part of the 
Head; the Head below the Eyes, the Neck, Back, Wings above, 
and upper Side of the Tail, are of a pretty full, darkifh Green ; the 
Throat, Breaft, and whole under Side, are of a lighter Green, inclining 
to Yellow ; the Quills of the Wings (except a few next the Back) are 
tipped pretty deep with Blue on their outer Webs ; the Infides of the 
Quills are of a dark Afh-Colour, and the under Side of the Tail is of 
a dusky Green; the Legs and Feet are of a whitifh Afh-Colour, in- 
clining to a Flefh-Colour; they are made as in other Parrots. 
This-Bird was the Property of Lady Wager : ■ It was a very lively, talkative, or ra- 
ther chattering Bird, it fpeaking few Words diftindly. Thefe Birds are brought 
fromth z Weft-Indies... I can find no Defcription in Natural Hiftory agreeing with 
it ; what comes neareft, is Marcgrave' s fecond Parrakeet , call’d Tidaputejuba. See 
his Hiji. Avium-, Lib. V. P. 206. though I do not think it the fame . Bird ; but if 
it were, it would be very proper to Figure it here, fince Marcgrave has given no 
Draughts of any of the Parrots he has defcribed, except the Blue and Yellow Mdccaio. 
The above-mention’ d curious Lady being a great Admirer of Birds, had by PrefentS 
and Purchafe, procured a greater living Colle&ion of rare Foreign Birds, than any 
other Perfon in London, and I owe a good Part ot my Collection of Drawings to her 
Goodnefs, in communicating to me the Knowledge .of every thing. New that came to - 
Let Hands. 
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