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BLUE-TOPPED
PARROT.
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irides reddilh: the feathers on the upper parts of the body arc
green tipped with black; beneath green, but inclining to yellow;
forehead Iky blue: crown yellow: cheeks and throat the fame,
but deeper: edge of the wing yellow and red mixed: lefier
wing coverts fine red ; all the others green: greater quills black
edged with green ; the lower parts of five of the middle ones are
red; the reft green edged with yellow: tail green j near the tip
yellowifh ; the inner bafe of the- four outfide feathers red ; all
the fhafts black; the two middle feathers rather longer than the
others: legs hoary : claws blackifh.
This bird is found at Guiana, Amazons Country, and Brafth,
alfo at Mexico, where the Spaniards call it Catharina. Brown
tells us it is :in Jamaica \ but Buffon thinks it may have been
imported there, efpecislly as it has been before hinted that
Parrots do not take long flights, where .the land is interrupted by
water.
Le Perroquet a tefte blue du Brefil, Brif. or», iv. p. 234. N®.*i*
L ’Aourou-couraou, var. 3d, Buf. oif» vi. p. 219«
i^uru-curuca, Raii Syn, p. 33, N° 3.
— -------- - ■ Will. orn. p. 115. fe£t. 9.
Lev, Muf.
g I Z E of the alh-coloured Parrot. Bill cinereous, tipped black :
general colour of the plumage green : upper part of the head
blue, mixed with black, in the middle of which is a yellow Tpot:
beneath each eye a fpot of the fame : throat blue : greater quills
marked with red, yellow, and violet at the end : legs blue alh:
claws black.
.Inhabits Brajil.
Le
Le Perroquet Amazons varre, lit if. orn. iv. p. 2 S 1 , Na 37. t. 26: f. 2,
L’Aourou-couraou, var. qtii, Buf oif. vi, p. 219,
Pfltt. maj. feu media: Magn. Marcg. 2 fpecies, Raii Sjn. p.' 33. N° 2..
Second fpecies of Marcgrave, Will. on. p. 113. feft. 9.
Great green-Parravfroia the Weft Indies, EBau.-ir. t. 162,'
J^ ENG TH twelve inches and three-quarters. Bill and cere alh-
colour: the naked fkin round the eyes, flelh-colour: irides
orange : forehead beryl blue : crown pale yellow mixed with a
little blue: cheeks and throat yellow : general colour of the
plumage green:, behind the neck a-.little mixture of yellow, here
and there, to the back, with a very little mixture of red likewife:
fhoulders red, with a little mixture of yellow : the firft eight
quills black, with, the outer edge half green, half blue: the two
middle tail feathers green, at the.ends, yellowiih; the next 0»
each fide the fame, but lefs of the green ; the three next on each
fide red at the bafe within, and edged with yellow, with a deep green
ipot in each feather; the outer-feather the fame, but has the exterior
edge blue; the lhafts of all are black ; the two middle feathers
are a little the longeft: legs grey : claws black.
Inhabits the Amazons Country and Brajil,
Le Perroquet Amazone a front jauae, Brif orn. p. 261.
L ’Aourou-couraou, var. 5, Buf % oif vi. p. 221.
J^ENGTH one foofc. Bill yellowiih’ j tip-cinereous : cere yel-
lowilh white : bare lkin round the eyes whitilh : irides yellow
: general colour of the plumage green: the forehead pale
yellow:
91.
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WEST INDIAN
GREEN.
PARROTT.
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