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The Làiiïey from the Brafils.
Numb. XIII,
Th i s Bird is . fomething bigger than a Pigeon ; the
Bill large; of a pale Buff Colour; the Irides of the
Eye yellow, the Pupil black ; on the top of the Head it hath
a tuft of Feathers of a bright blue ; all the reft of the Head
and Neck are of a Scarlet Colour, below that a beautiful
Ring of yellow - the Breaft and upper Part of the Back
is alfo Scarlet, the covert Feathers of the Wings -green
intermixt with yellow. The Quill Feathers are of a beautiful
ultramarine blue ; the lower Part of the Back, Belly
and Thighs, are white intermixt with rofe Colour, ending
near the Tail with a Mixture of Scarlet. The Tail is purple
intermixt with a redifh brown ; the Legs and Feet are
Aih-colour’d, die Claws black. This Bird is the moft
beautiful of all the Parrot Kind that I have yet feen ; it
is very docible, learning any Language, and pronouncing
very articulately any thing he is taught. I faw one of
thefe Birds fold for twenty Guineas, by Mr. Bland, at the
Tyger on Tower-Hilly who has a great Collection of foreign
Birds.