colour: general colour green ; the feathers tipped with black os
the upper parts, and with blueifh beneath : fore part of the heath,
the throat, and neck, cinereous blue, inclining to violet, and
edged with Alining green : the reft of the head, hind part of the
neck, back, and rump, green, the feathers tipped with black: on
the breaft is a large red fpot: and the under tail coverts are yel-
lowiAi green: greater quills black, the outer edges o f fome green,
and others blue; and fome of the middle quills are red on the
inner margin next the bafe, forming a red fpot on the quills j the
two middle feathers green, with yellow green ends; the two
next on each fide the fame, but blaekifii at the bafe on the infide;
the fourth and fifth the fame, but red within at the bafe; and the
two outmoft the fame,- but with a mixture of blue: legs grey.
There is fome difference between this bird, and that figured irr
the PL m l.; for the laft has the whole breaft and belly of a faint
red, or lilac, undulated with green; whereas that defcribed by
M, Briffon has only a fpot of red on the breaft: however, there is
' little doubt of their being the fame fpecies, differing only from’
age or fex.
Jlace. This is a native of the Havanna, and moffi likely common to'
Mexico" likewife ; but Buffon fays it is not at Guiana. He
adds, likewife, that the red on the belly is light, and more the colour
of lilac, waved with green; and it likewife has a fpot of yellow
on the lower part of the belly.
M. Briffon fays, that the fpecies he defcribes was as big. as. a
crow, and fifteen inches long, and inhabits- Mexico and Brajil-,,
whereas Buffon’s bird meafured only twelve inches,
Zebe
Crik a tete bleue, Buf. oif, vi. p. 230.
Blue-faced green Parrot, Ednv. glean. t. 2^0*’
Blue-headed Creature, Bancroft Guiana, p. 158 i
96.
BLUE-FACED
p a r r o r .
g I Z E of a fmall Hen or Pullet. Bill horn-colour, with an DisscRrpTio:
orange fpot on each fide of the upper mandible: irides orange :
fore part of the head, quite behind the eye, and the throat, blue ;
below the throat to the breaft red: the reft of the body is green,
except the quills, which are blue, and fome of them red with
blue tips: fecondaries green: tail feathers green half way; beneath
yellow green: fide feathers red on the outer webs: legs
flelh-colour; claws Hack:
Buffon fays it is found at Guianay with the others. P l a c e ,
Le Crik a tete bleue, Buf, oif. vi. p. 231. var. 1.
96.
V a r . A.
Cocho, Fernand. Hiß. Nov. Hifp. p. 38. RED AND
WHITE-FACED
‘HIS bird varies from the laft merely in having the head va- PARROT.
ried with red and whitilh, inftead of red and blue ; otherwife
is, abfolutely the fame, and of the fame fize. The Spaniards call
it Catherina, which name they likewife give the fécond fpecies of
Aourou-couraou, before-mentioned-
D e s c r ip t ions
Plittacus autumn alis> Z/». Syfi.i. p. 147. N° 37.
Le Perroquet d’Amérique, Brif. orn. iv. p. 293. N° 40;
Le Crik à tête bleue, Buf. oif. vi. p. 232. var. 2.
Led’er. green Parrot, JVau..iv. t.. 164.
—:--------------——-, Bancroft Guiana, p. 16a*
g r Z E o f a middling Pigeon. The bill is whitifii, with dufky
edges ; the bare part about the eyes white : irides gold-colour
96.
Var. B.
a u t u m n a l
PARROT.
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