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below, and a red line on the face. The young have little 

 of the characteristic ruddy orange colour, and were long 

 taken to be females. The sexes are differentiated by the 



Fig. 55. — Tlit Grey Parrot. 



colour of the under wing coverts, which are black in the 

 male and green in the female. They are rather impatient 



