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BIRDS. PIC/E. 5. Pfittacus. 
ORDER II. PIC^. 
Bill fomewhat compreJJ'ed, convex. 
5. PSITTACUS. Bill hooked; upper maH' 
dible moveable, (moftlyj covered 
a cere ; nojlrils rounded, placed in th^ 
bafe ol the bill : tongue flefhy, obtul^» 
entire : feet formed for clinibing. 
Parrol' 
This is a noify, gregarious, imitative tribe, very docile and 
lived ; feed chiefly on nuts, acorns and leeds ; they climb witl' 
the bill, and when angered ereft the feathers; head larg^' 
crown flat, fomctinies crefled; kgs fhort ; feet ufed like hail‘d’ 
to convey any thing to the mouth ; breed in hollow 
without forming a nefl, and lay 2 or 3 white eggs. 
A. Tail long, wedgc-Jhaped, 
Macao. Red; qiilll-feathers above blue, beneath rufous ; feathers 
the fliouldcrs variegated blue and green ; cheeks nake‘^' 
wrinkled. Red and Blue Macettt'^' 
Inhabit s Houth America : above a yard long ; lives in palm wt'<’^‘’ 
and feeds on tlic fruits of the palm ; when young may be ealilf 
tamed; llclh hard, inlipid, but foraetimes eaten. 
Body fcarlet ; upper mandible white, lower black ; temp^^[ 
white; retiig-coi;e?-<,f generally yellow; taiMopg, red, 
feathers blue at the ftdes. 
Aracango. Pale fcarlet; fcapular feathers yellow tipt with grec’’’ 
quill-feathers above blue, beneath rufous ; chee^^ 
naked, wrinkled. Red and Yellow MaccU''^' 
\ri\\dbi\Xs. Guiana, Brafd 3 nd Jamaica ; fize of the laft. 
Tail-feathers above fcarlet mixed with violet, beneath dulky 
2 middle ones both fides dufky-red on the upper half. 
Militaris, Green ; wings blue ; front and tail red ; cheeks 
naked, with feathered lines. Military 
Bill black ; rump and tips of the tail feathers blue. 
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