AMAZONS. 
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pointed form characteristic of the comires, and have the tips of the feathers 
rounded. In the whole of them the cere is entirely naked, and the predominant 
colour of the plumage green. Usually the tail is about half the length of the 
wing, and may be either squared or rounded at the end ; and the bill is of moderate 
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strength, sometimes rather longer than deep. The New World forms are all of 
them tropical. 
The Amazon parrots, of which there are over forty species, are 
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'mostly comparatively large birds, sometimes exceeding 17 inches in 
length, and range from Mexico to Argentina, although especially characteristic of 
the great river valley from which they take their name. They are characterised 
by the tail being of moderate length and rounded, with the under-coverts always 
green ; and also by the absence of a tufted oil-gland, as well as by the completeness 
of the bony ring round the eye. One of the best known species is the festive 
amazon (Chrysotis festiva), from the Amazon Valley, which is a green bird with 
a red frontlet, a line of blue above and behind the eye, the back and rump red. 
