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The head is of a beautiful and ftrong green : the back, fhoulders, rump, and tail 
are alfo of the fame green, and the ground colour of the wings is alio the fame ; but 
the beginnings of the wings are tipped with a beautiful blue, and the extremities of 
fome of the other feathers are alfo blue, and thefe ftand in fuch a regular order, that* 
when the wing is clofed, their tips form a very beautiful and regular oblong blue fpot, 
running down the length of the innner fide of the wing: at the lower part of the back 
alfo, near the origin of the tail, there is a very elegant blue fpot. 
The tail is fhort; it is fcarce at all feen beyond the tips of the wings, when they 
are clofed ■ it is of the fame green with the back: the legs are fhort, rebuff, and of a 
pale bluifh-grey colour: the toes are fhort, robuff, and fcaly, and are of a yet paler 
grey than the legs; the claws are long, fharp, and black. 
This is a native of the Brafils, and is deferibed by Marcgrave and Pifo. They 
call it by it’s Brafilian name Tuiete; and Ray, and others who have fince mentioned 
it, have continued the fame name. 
PJittacui viridis cauda brevi , macula nimiata in frente. 
The Jhort-tailed , green PJittacus , with a fcarlet 7 nark 6n 
the head. 
This is an extreamly beautiful little fpecies: it is of the fize of a lark, and is very 
ereCt and majeffcic in it’s pofition, when on foot : the head is round and moderately 
large ; the beak is fmaller, in proportion even to the fize of the bird, than in moft 
of the Parrot-kind, but it is as much hoolced as in any : the whole beak is of a deep 
blackifh-grey colour, and the membrane which covers it’s bafe is fo little different 
from the reft, that it is fcarce perceived, but, on a clofe infpe&ion, it is of a granulated 
furface, and the noftrils ftand near one another almoft at it’s bafe ; they are of an oval 
figure, and are dufkier-coloured within, than any other part of the membrane. 
The head is green, but juft in the front it has an extreamly bright and beautiful fpot 
of fcarlet confiderably large, and forming a kind of crown : the back and wings are of 
a bright filming green, but in the middle of the wing there are fome beautiful varie¬ 
gations of yellow : the tail is fhort, and fcarce appears at all beyond the tips of the 
wings, when they, are clofed *. the legs are of a greyifh colour, and they are robuft, 
though fhort: the toes are fhort, thick, and fcaly ; and the claws are very long, black, 
and fharp. 
This is a native of many parts of South America, and is fometimes fent over dried 
to Europe, among the other curious birds of that country. We had two fpecimens 
lately fold among fome American birds in glafs-cafes, at the auction of the late Duke 
of Richmond’s curiofities 3 they were a male and female, and the only vifible difference 
was, that in the male the beak was of a fine bright flefh colour. Marcgrave has men¬ 
tioned it among his Brafilian birds, under the name of Tuipara ; and Ray, Vvdllughby, 
and others have preferved the name, and fome of the more obvious characters. 
PJittacus variegaius peclore ferrugmeo. 
The variegated PJittacus , with a ferrugineous breajl. 
This is one of the moft lingular, and alfo of the moft beautiful, of the Parrot- 
kmd 3 it is exaCtly of tne form and figure of the common green Parrot, but it is not 
muen bigger than a fparrow : the head is large and round 3 the beak is not very large, 
but it is confiderably hooked : the upper chap is longer than the under, and in all 
refpeds formed like that of the other Parrots: the whole beak is of a bright brown, 
bin the membrane which covers it s bate is greyifh, and the noftrils ftand near one 
another, and are round : the eyes are large, and very bright and piercing 3 their iris is 
yellow, and the pupil black. 
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