110.
DUSKY
PARROT.
Piittacus fordidus, Li*. Syjl, i. p. 148. N° 40.
Le Perroquet de la Nouvelle Efpagne, Bri/. orn. iv. p. 303. N° 43.
Le Papegai brun, Bu/. 01/ vi. p. 246.
Duflcy Parrot, Ednu. iv. t. 167.
D e s c r i p t io n . OIZE of the lad. Bill at the bafe yellow ; black in the middle
of the upper mandible, and the red of it red : cere blackifh :
orbits naked, pale cinereous : irides dark hazel : top of the head
dufky ; fides and hind part greenilh : throat blue : back dufky :
rump and tail above greenilh : the under tail coverts fine red :
from the throat to the vent cinereous brown : wing coverts green,
as are the leffer quills, but-fome of thefe are bordered with yel-
lowifh ; greater quills green : tail a little rounded ; the outer
edge blue : legs lead-colour : claws black.
P l a c e * Brought from New Spain. This, bird is not common.
m .
ORANGEHEADED
PARROT,
D e s c r i p t io n .
Le Papegai à tête aurore, Bu/, oi/. vi. p. 247,
— 1 Voy. à la Loui/. du Pratz. ii. 128.
N f R - Page du-Pratz is the only one who has defcribed this
bird ; and fays it is about the fize of Parrots ufually brought
into France. The plumage in general js a fine fea-green, but the
head is covered with yellow, which grows red towards the bill,
and mixed by degrees with the green on the fides of the body.
This is all the defcription. He adds, that it does not.fpeak well,
and is feldom kept, for that reafon. It is not very noify when
tamed ; but in its wild ftate pierces the air with its cry, which is
fhrill ; and great numbers herd together. It lives onpacanes, pineapple
apple k e rn e ls , feeds o f th e hurler tulipier, and o th e r fmall
fru its .
Piittacus melanocephalas, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 149. N° 41.
Le Perroquet a poitrine blanche du Mexique, Brif. or«, iv. p. 297. N° 42.
Le Maipouri, Buf. oif, vi. p, 250.
, Petite Perruche Maipouri de Cayenne, PI. enl. 527.
Piittacus atricapillus, J . Fr. Miller> pi. 4. A.
White-breafted'Parrot, Edvj. iv. p. 169.
Br. Mu/, Lev, Mu/,
jgIZE of a Turtle: length nine inches and a half. Bill, cere,
and orbits, dufky flelh-colour: irides deep hazel: upper part
-of the head black : from the corners of the mouth on each fide,
palling under the eye, is a green mark : cheeks, throat, and fore
part of the neck, yellow; hind part of the neck orange : back,
rump, fcapulars, and upper tail coverts, green : bread: * and upper
■ part of the belly white; lower‘part of the belly, fides, thighs,
and under tail coverts, orange : greater quills blue on the outer
edge; within and beneath black; the firft of the lefler quills
green, edged with yellow; the others green : tail rounded,
green : legs einereous brown : claws blackifh.
In the Leverian Mufeum there is one which differs a little from
the above account. The bill is blackifh : it has the crown
black, and a green mark between the bill and eye : the lides of
the head and the throat are olive yellow : about the ears dufky t
back part of the neck rofe-colour, inclining to brown : bread and
belly not white, but of a pale afh-colour: Tides of the body,
* This part is yèllowilh in o!d birds.
R r thighs,
112.
WHITE -
BREASTED
PARROT,
.De s c r iv t io x .