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Others conjectured that fóme of them had been concerned in
the murder of our men, notwithftanding we did not
meet- with the fmalleft trace to countenance fuch an opinion,
and that had
formed this convention, in order to defend themfelves
againft us. Others imagined that the aflemblage might be
occafioned by a burial, a marriage, or fome religious
meeting- .
The jtahuan. Parrot, one o f which .was obferved here,
and of which a' plate is annexed, is a bird about eighteen
inches in length,: and bigger than- the Scarlet Lory. The
head, neck., and under ; parts, are of a fine fcarlet; -
the upper parts of the body and. wings are of a beautiful
green ; acrofs the upper p a r t. of the wing coverts is
an oblique bar of yellowifb green, more glofiy than the
reft * * the: lower part of the back and rump is blue jjfchere is
alfo a fmall patch of blue at the lower part of the neck be-
■ hind, between a fearlet and green, dividing thofe colours;
the taji is. pretty long, and of an olive b low n colour;* the
bill is reddifli; the-l^s!deep hrown, nearly blaejc* .
The F em a le is moftly green ; the head, neck, and under
parts olive brown; belly red; rump b lu e ; taif, on the
upper furface, green; beneath, dulky.
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