374 ^ Je Htjlory of ANIMALS.' 
hooked at the point; the bafe of it is covered with a membrane, in which are fitu- 
ated the noftrils very near to one another 5 and, toward the very bafe, the upper part 
is protuberant, and the whole is of a deep black. 
The eyes are fmall, but very (harp and piercing; their iris is of a faffron colour, 
and their pupil is black : the whole head is of a fine, deep, grafs-green. 
The body is (lender, and is throughout of the fame bright green with the head : 
the wings are fihort, but the tail is very long, narrow, and pointed at the extremity ; 
this, as well as the whole bird, is of a fine ftrong green. 
The legs are (lender, but (hort; the toes are long, and alfo very (lender, and the 
claws long, (harp, hooked, and black. 
This fpecies is very frequent in the woods of South America, but has not yet been 
met with any where elfe. Marcgrave has defcribed it under it’s Brafilian name Tui, 
with the diftin&ion of prima fpecies; 'and Ray, Willughby, and others have conti¬ 
nued the fame name, though they feem never to have feen the bird. We have it at 
this time fometimes fent over dried, as a curiofity. 
Pfitaccus macrourus virefcens , capite macula crocea infignito . 
!The long-tailed , green Pfittacus , with a fiaffron-coloured Jpot on the 
head. 
This fpecies is about the fize of a lark : the head is fmall, but very elegantly varie¬ 
gated j the beak is moderately large, protuberant on the upper part, pointed at the 
end, and all over of a deep (hining black : the eyes are large ; their iris is of a du(ky, 
ferrugineous colour, and the pupil black; the form of the head is fomewhat com- 
preffed and flatted on the crown, but lefs fo than in fome others. 
The ground colour of the head is a fine grafs-green : on the fummit or crown 
there is an elegant and large fafifron-coloured fpot, and round the eyes there runs a 
circle of yellowifh-feathers: the green of the lower part of the back has a cad of a 
dufky bluilh among it; and, on the upper part of the tail, there is yet more of this 
bluenefs: in fome lights, indeed, the tail appears rather blue than green ; the legs are 
fhort, but they are not very robuft; the feet are large; the toes long and fcaly, and 
the claws very long, black, and (harp: the legs and the membrane that covers the 
bafe of the beak are of a dulky blui(h-grey. 
This is a very common fpecies on the continent of South America, and in other of 
the warm climates. Marcgrave and Pifo have defcribed it under the name of Tuia- 
putejuba ; and Ray, Willughby, and others have given it no other name, though they 
have all mentioned it, and tranfcribed as much as thefe imperfect writers have faid 
about it. We fometimes have fpecimens of it brought dried from the warmer parts 
of America. 
Pfittacus viridis cauda hrevi , roftro ruhente , et pedibus 
cceruleis . 5Cfi t 
*The jhort-tailed\ green Pfittacus , with a red beaky and ffelCil* 
blue legs . 
The name of this fpecies exprefles a Angularity, that fcarce any other of the Parrot-kind 
has; it’s beak, and the membrane at the bafe of it, are of a colour remarkably different 
from that of the legs; whereas it is almofi: univerfal, that the legs and that membrane 
are of the fame colour. 
This is of the fize of a pigeon: the head is large and round, and is covered very 
thick with fhort and broad feathers, which it ere&s at pleafure : the beak is large and 
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