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o f a fine black blue: on the hind head is a crimfon crelbent*
with the points towards the eyes : on each fide o f the head, behind
and above the eyes, is a fine black blue fpot: behind this
is another of a yellowilh colour, placed longitudinally : on fides of
the head under the eyes, the throat, the fore part of the neck,
and breaft, the feathers are fcarlet, edged with blackifh green :
hind part of the neck, back, rump, fcapulars, upper wing and
tail coverts, belly, thighs, and fides, green : on each fide of
the neck is a yellow longitudinal ftripe : the feathers on the middle
of the back, and fides o f the belly, are tipped wi th yellow;
quills green on the outer, dark brown or blackifh on the inner
webs : tail three inches and a half long; the two middle feathers
green; the others the fame, but with yellowilh: ends; beneath
reddilh : legs and claws cinereous.
Inhabits the Eafi Indies. Mr. Bancroft * mentions the Lory
Parrakeet of Edwards being in Guiana, and defcribes it as “ being
o f a yellowilh green, with a long tail •, the hinder part of
thejiead and throat red, but the top and' fides of the head blue.”
According to Buffon, this mull have been one imported into
Guiana, as he does not allow of two climates for the fame
Parrot.
* Iliji. of Guiana) p. 162,
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l a Perruche rouge hupee de Java,. Brif. orn. iv. p. 3S1. 80.
La Perruche huppee, Buf. oif. vi. p. 160.
Pfittacus parvus Bontii, Raii Syn. p. 34. N° 5.
Bontius’s fmall Parrakeet, Will. orn. p. 120. N;’ -.
g I Z E of a Lark. Bill grey : cere whitilh : eyes black, and
placed in a bare filvery white Ikin : the head is crefted : the
general colour of the plumage fcarlet: throat grey : fore part of
the neck and breaft rofe-colour: fcapulars and wing coverts red
and green mixed * quills the fame : the tail is long, reaching ten
inches beyond the wings when clofed: the two middle feathers
are fcarletj the othersof a role-colour tipped with blue, and have
a mixture of green.
Inhabits Java. Willughby- fays of this bird,, that when “ exposed
to the fun, it reprefents a thoufand varieties of Ihining colours,
and can hardly be expreffed by a painter.” He alfo adds,,
that thefe Parrots are " found chiefly in the midland countries,
and that they rooft.and build on the higheft trees- They fly in
companies, and with a great noife, as do the whole tribe of Parrots.
They are alfo garrulous, and learn, to pronounce fome
words if they be kept tame.”
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