FESTIVE PARROT. 
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band and eye-streak are deep red, with a purplish 
tinge. Above and behind the eyes, the feathers are 
pale azure-blue. The lower back and rump are 
deep vermilion-red, the greater quills and seconda- 
ries have their outer webs of a deep blue, the interior 
webs being greenish-black. The remainder of the 
plumage of the upper and under parts of the body 
is green. The tail is short, being about four inches 
in length, nearly even at the end, the outmost fea- 
ther on each side, with its exterior web, margined 
with blue ; the rest are green, with a small spot of 
pale red near their bases, except the two interme- 
diate feathers, which are wholly green. The legs 
are stout, and of a bluish-grey or leaden colour. 
AMAZONS’ PARROT. 
Psittacus Amazonius. — Auctoruiu. 
Psittacus Amazonius, Briss. Av. 4. p. 256.. — Wagler, Mon. 
Psitt. in Abhand. S[c. p. 496. and 588 Spix. Av. Bras. 
p. 45 Le Peroquet Amazone, Buff. PI. Enl. 547 
Aourou Parrot, Shaw's Zool. 8, p. 508. pi. 76. 
The true Amazons’ Parrot has so frequently been 
confounded and mixed up with other nearly allied 
species, that a description of it may not he unac- 
ceptable to our readers, especially as it is a kind 
frequently brought to Europe, on account of its col- 
loquial powers, and known, like others of its con- 
