THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



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The Shining Pakrakeet, from the Feejee Islands, 

 striking resemblance to the king parrakeet, but is, 

 thing, a trifle 

 smaller. It has 

 the bill black, and 

 lacks the wing mark 

 that distinguishes 

 the latter. 



The Masked 

 Parrakeet is a 

 large bird, with a 

 long tail, also from 

 Feejee. It is of a 

 rich grass green 

 colour, with a black 

 head and face. It 

 makes a nice cage 

 bird, as it rarely 

 screams, and gets 

 very tame, but has 

 not much imita- 

 tive faculty. 



The Nestors, or 

 New Zealand 

 Hawk Parrots, 

 are very peculiar 

 birds, about the size 

 of a crow, and quite 

 as active among the 

 branches as the 

 latter, for, instead 

 of crawling about 

 with the aid of the 

 bill, like the rest of 



beai s a 

 if an}^- 



FiG. 15.— The Cockatid. 



