'The Blue-headed Parrot' mb-height 5495 c1878-1907

c1878-1907

which are most resembled by the colours occasioned by pouring a drop or two of oil on a still lake on a bright day

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When they appear on screen they will not look so friendly

View of nos 22 and 23 Farringdon Street with the entrance to Wheatsheaf Yard

'The Blue-headed Parrot' mb-height 5495 c1878-1907Ornithological study of a Blue headed Pionus Pionus menstruus, a parrot native to Central and South America. The bird is shown on a low tree branch. Plate 314 from chapter 104 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c, by George Edwards, volume 3 (London, for the author, 1764). The plate is inscribed: 'The blue headed Parrot, from Life. Geo. Edwards Delin: & sculp, August 22 A. D. 1761, it's native