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The Bracelet Taroqueet from Eaft-India.
Numb. XVIII.
' T ’ H IS Bird is about three times as big as the fmall
-*• Green Paroqueet; the Top of the Head was of a
blueiih green; the Cheeks were more dilute; the Bill thick
and hooked; the upper Mandible orange colour, the
lower b l a c k ; the Trifles of the Eyes of a lovely yellow,
incircled with a dusky brown: It had a broad black
line reaching from the lower Chap of the Bill towards
the back Part of the Neck inclining downwards, and was
met by a purple Line which encompaiies the back Part of
the Head; the Breaft is of a pale rofe Colour: The Back,
Wings, lower Part of the Belly and Thighs are of a yel-
lowiih green Colour; the Tail is about eight Inches long,
of the fame Colour of the Back and Wings; the middle
Feathers being the longeft, and ending in a Point
the Legs and Feet are of an alh-colour; the Claws black.
I faw this Bird at Mr. Bland’s at tht Tiger on Tower-
Hill, amongft other curious Birds which were brought
from the Eafi-lndies; it fpoke very articulately feveral
Words in the Portuguefe and Englijh Tongue.