IfuFRESNE’S J|mAZON. 
Psittacus Dufresnei, Russ. 
Synonym: Chrysotis Dufresnei, Lvll. German: Die Granada- Amazone. 
rpHIS uncommon bird is even less frequently seen in captivity than 
-L the species we have just described; there is a fine example in 
the London Zoological Gardens, but it is very seldom imported by 
the continental dealers. It is a native of the Brazils, inhabiting 
pretty nearly the same region as the Festive Parrot, from which it is 
distinguished by a brownish yellow eye-streak, or bridle, and blue 
cheeks and chin: the frontlet, as in the latter species, is bright red; 
the wings and tail green, streaked and tipped with blue, red, and 
black, and the upper tail coverts a brilliant crimson. 
In size this bird somewhat exceeds the common Amazon Parrot, 
measuring from fifteen to sixteen inches in extreme length, while that 
of the ordinary species is about twelve inches; the wings are Iarg'e 
and well feathered, and the bird capable of strong and prolonged 
flight. 
On the continent it is known as the Granada Amazon, as well as 
by the name that heads this chapter, which was given it in honour 
of a French naturalist, by Le Yaillant, his countryman, the well-known 
traveller. 
Notwithstanding the general family likeness to each other borne by 
all the Amazons, it is probable that they belong to different species, 
rather than that they are local varieties of one or two; a point, 
however, which can only be cleared up satisfactorily when amateurs, or 
Zoological Societies, try the experiment of cross-breeding with some 
of them, and then ascertaining whether the young so produced are or 
are not capable of reproducing their kind. We are ourselves inclined 
to believe that, in some instances at least, this would be really the 
case, as happens with several kinds of Pheasants, formerly believed to 
be distinct species, but now ascertained to be merely geographical 
