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This is frequent in the Brafils, and in fome parts of the Eaft Indies; it is very cla¬ 
morous and noify : it lives principally in the thickeft woods, and feeds on fruits: it 
builds in hollow humps of trees, and lays two or three white roundifh eggs. We have 
it fometimes brought over to us from the Eaft Indies, but rarely : it is very noify with 
it’s own wild notes, when we have it here, but it feldom learns any thing. Marcgrave 
has defcribed it under it’s Brafilian name Maracana* by which, however, he confounds 
it with another very different fpecies. Mod of the later writers have mentioned it 
alfo by the fame name, and have contented themfelves with fuch a defcription as they 
could form upon his account, though the bird itfelf might have been feen. 
PSITTACL 
Divifion the Second 1 
The fmaller kind, called Parrots < 
PJittacus pedibus flavis capite criflato albus. 
The white-crejled PJittacus , with yellow legs . 
T his is a beautiful and a very fingular fpecies; it is about the bignefs of & 
large tame pigeon : the head is large, and well-covered with feathers 5 the beak 
is large, hooked, and of a grey colour, tending to black: the noflrils are fmalf round, 
and fituated near one another on the top of the beak, near the head; and between 
them there is a prominent tubercle: the mouth opens very wide j the tongue is broad 
and red : the eyes are large, and very bright and beautiful ; their iris is yellow, and 
the pupil black: the whole body is all over white, and the creft on the head is of 
the fame colour. It is compofed of a confiderable number of large feathers, which are 
two inches long, and ftand nearly ereCt, only that their middle turns a little back¬ 
ward, and their extremities, which are {harp or pointed, turn again forwards; there 
are about ten of thefe, and they are of a brighter and more elegant white than the 
reft of the body. 
The tail is of a very lingular figure; it is about five inches long, and is not carried 
longitudinally, as in the other fpecies, but is turned up as our hens carry it: it is com¬ 
pofed of a confiderable number of feathers, and feems to anfwer fome way, by it’s port 
and form, to the creft on the head. 
The legs are fhort, robuft, and yellow 5 the feet are ftrong j the toes are thick 
and fcaly, but the claws fhort and inconfiderable. * 
This is a native of fome parts of America, but it is not common any where. The 
late Duke of Richmond had one of them alive many years 5 and we h^,ve feen two 
others fhewn about London as curiofities among other foreign birds. Moft of the 
writers on this part of natural hiftory have defcribed it. Aldrovand calls it Pfittacus 
albus criftatus 3 and Ray and Willughby have borrowed his name. 
3C|)e Mjitt 
■ parrot. 
PJittacus viridis alis rubro variegatis. 
The green PJittacus , with the wings va¬ 
riegated with red . 
%\)t common 
This is of the fize of a tame pigeon: the head is large, and well-covered with 
feathers: the beak is large, prominent, or gibbofe on the upper part, and confidera- 
bly hooked : the upper chap is longer than the under, and is of three different co¬ 
lours, when the bird is in health and perfection ; it is black at the extremity, thence it 
is a little way bluifti, and toward the bafe it has a tinge of reddifh : the lower chap is 
of a pale, fimple, brownilh- white. 
The 
