32-
EMERALD
PARROT.
D e s c r i p t io n .
P l a c e .
33-
LONG-TAILED
GREEN
PARRAKEET.
D escrip t ion.
La Perruche émeraude, Buf. otf. vi. p. 2
Perruche des terres Magellaniques, Pl.enl. 85.
T ENGTH thirteen inches. Bill dufky : the whole of this bird
is of a fine gloffy green, except the lower part of the belly,
-vent, and tail, which are of a ferruginous cheftnut : the tail is
pretty long, and green at the tips : legs dulky.
This is faid to come from the Straits of Magalhaen : but it may
be juftly doubted. No bird of this genus has been known to
vifit naturally farther than forty-three degrees north of the line;
and it is fcarce probable, that on the fouthern fide one fhould be
found in a place whofe latitude is more than fifty : indeed
Forfter, in his Voyage*, rather wonders at meeting with Parrots
in Dufky Bay, New Zealand, whofe latitude is not more than
forty-fix.
Pfittacus rufiroftris, Lin. Syfl. L p. 142• N° 18.
La Perruche, Brif. orn. iv. p. 319. N° 54.— Pl.enl. 550.
Le Sincialo, Buf. oif vi. p. 265.
Tui, N° I. Raii Syn. p. 34.— Will. orn. p. 116.
Small green long-tailed Parrakeet, Brown. Jam. 472.
Long-tailed green Parrakeet, Edw. iv. t. 175.
C IZ E of a Blackbird: length twelve inches and a quarter. The
upper mandible blood red, and black at the point; the under
wholly black: eyes in a bare fkin, which with the cere is flelh-
coloured: irides orange : general colour of the plumage yellow
green : edge of the quills yellowilh : the two middle tail feathers
are longer than the outfide ones by five inches; legs and claws
flelh - colour.
Inhabits various parts of America. P i a c e .
Bancroft tells us that it is in Guiana, and that the tail fea- O b s e r v a t io n .
thers are blue at the point. It is called Sincialo * at St. Domingo'.
It is very noify in' its natural Hate, and- eafily learns to talk,
whiffle, and imitate the voices of the animals within its hearing.
Thefe fly in troops, and alighting on trees well cloathed with
green, it is a difficulty to find them, though great numbers fettle
on the fame tree. They are very lively, and are eafily tamed;
but, like many others of the race, when kept in a houfe, will
always join in the difcoutfe at a time one would mod wilh them
to be filent. In their native places they are accounted good food,
being at times very fat,, and not unfavoury.
Ea Perruche de la Guadaloupe, Brif. on. iv. p. 330.
Green Parrot of Guiana, Barter. Gtiiart. p. 161.
C IZ E of a Thrufh. The bill is flender, and flelh-coloured : the
° irides are outwardly reddifh, but afh-coloured near the pupil:
the eye is furrounded by an alh-coloured (kin,, one line in
breadth: the whole plumage is green, with a variety of ihades :.
to which Brijfon adds, that the tail is cuneated, and the legs and
claws are whitilh.
Inhabits Brafil and Guadaloupe.-
* Sincialo is one of the provinces of St. Domingo, whence perhaps its name.
Will. on. p■ 116.
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V a r . A.
GUIANA
GREEN
PARRAKEET.
D e s c r i p t io n .
Place