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brownifh buff-colour : throat more inclined to brown: reft of the
body green, paleft on the under parts : tail above half the length
of the bird \ fide feathers ftiort; the colour of it the fame with
the body, with blue edges and tips: the edges of the quills are
likewife blue: the legs lead-colour.
This bird is now alive, and in poffefiion of a young lady, who
informs me that fhe had it from the Spanijh Main.
La Perruclic aux Ail'es diamarees, Bit/. oif. vi. p. 151.
Perroquet de 1’lile de Luyon, PL enl. 287.
ejpHIS bird' is more than eleven inches long. The bill is red r
general colour of the plumage olive brown r at the hind part
of the head is a blueifh fpot r the wings are coloured with blue,
green, and orange ; the blue occupies the middle, and the two
other colours the edges: quills olive brown: the tail is one-
third of the length of the bird 5. and the wings, when clofed,.
reach to the middle of it j, which is not common, as they are
ufually very fhort: legs dufky.
Inhabits the ifland of Luzonia.
La Perruche de Cayenne, Brif. ont. iv. p. 334" Nc 60. t. 27. f. 2.
La Perriche à ailes variées, Buf. oif vi. p. 259.
-Petite Perruche verte de Cayenne, PL eut. 359.
Lev. Muf..
T ENGTH eight inches and a quarter : not fo big in fize as a
Blackbird. Bill and cere whitifh : upper parts of the body
greenifh 5 beneath the fame, but paler : the greater wing coverts,
next
next the body, have the bafe and inner webs white; but the
outer webs and tips are yellow; the coverts fartheft from the
body are of a greenifh blue ; beneath, thofe neareft the body are
pale brimftone, and the outer ones of a blueifh green : the firft
five prime quills are green on the outer edges and tips, fhaded
with blue, but black on the infide, with a white margin; the
next feven are white, with the outer webs and tips yellow ; moft
of the others have the outer webs and tips yellow, and the inner
webs of a yellowifh white; the four next to the body are green :
the tail is three inches and a half long, green above, cuneiform,
with the inner margins yellowifh: legs and claws grey.
The female differs only in the colours being lefs vivid.
Thefe birds are in plenty at Cayenne, where they are called the
common Parrakeet. They fly in numbers together, and are not
very fhy, as they frequently fettle in the midft of inhabited
places. They are fond of the buds of the immortal tree, and
fettle on it in numbers when it is in flower; and as this tree is
planted near the habitations,, the inhabitants have opportunities
of fhooting them readily, which only drives away the reft for a
while, to return a little time afterwards. They learn to fpeak.
eafily.
La Perriche à Gorge variée, Buf. oif: vi. pv.259;
Perruche à. Gorge tachetée Cayenne, PI. enl. 14.4..-—Orn. de Saler ne3
j). 72. t. 8. f. 3.
Perruche, N° %. Perm. Defer, de Surin,, vol. ii. p. 177.
T H I S , fay Buffon and Salerne, is a very rare and beautiful Parrakeet
: in fize it equals the laft. The plumage, for the
moft part, of a beautiful fhining green : the bill is black :
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