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290 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. Honsrrzrp's Description of the 
shown a figure of a coloured plant, used to put its tongue to the 
flowers, as if with the intent of sucking them : and I have seen 
it make the same attempt with a piece of cotton furniture. The 
flesh of this bird is very good eating.” 
Although, according to general custom, we have referted our 
New Holland birds of this species to the Psitt. hematodus of 
Linnæus, we have strong doubts as to their being the same spe- 
cies. It is not, however, in our power at present to make any 
decisive observations on this point, as we have not been able to 
procure a sufficient number of authentic specimens of the Mo- 
lucca birds, from whence Linn:sus's original description was 
taken, to compare with our Australian specimens. We have also 
to add, that a bird agreeing with the above description of the 
female of this species, which we have marked with.a note of 
doubt, was brought from New Holland, and presented to the 
Society as the female of the Blue Mountain Parrot. This bird 
accurately accords with M. Le Vaillant's figure of the female of 
the Perruche à téte bleue. We are of opinion, however, that 
it will prove to belong to a very distinct species. Mr. Caley, 
whose observations on the spot were most accurate, informs us 
that he noticed little difference in plumage between the sexes 
of the Blue Mountain Parrot. And among hundreds of skins of 
this species, which have come under our own observation, we 
have never seen a second specimen agreeing with the bird to 
which we allude. It is not probable that one sex should be so 
common in the collections sent home to this country, and the 
other sex. equally attractive in plumage, be so extremely rare. 
2. CAPISTRATUS. Tri. viridis, pileo guláque purpurascenti-azu- 
reis, pectore coccineo-aurantio, tectricibus inferioribus cocci- 
neis, torque nuchali fasciáque remigum subtus flavis. ` 
: Psittacus 
