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NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. 



The species of Tanygnnthus, from the Malay region, are much like the forms just 

 mentioned in tiii'ir habits, but they differ from tlicin in their larger bill and smaller 

 tail. Eckctus shares with the Trichoglossidie tlic common name lory. Its four 

 sjiecies are Malayan ; they arc not sociable birds, and arc most abundant in the 

 denser forests. The racket-tailed parrots (Prioiiitumis) come from the same region. 

 Their coloi-s are largely blue, green, and yellow, while the fact that their two middle 

 tail feathers terminate in broad sj)atulcs gives rise to the common name. 



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Fio. 167. — Aijapomia roieicollii, rcil-f.iced love-bird. 



Some of the love-birds arc embraced in the genus A>japornis. They are very 

 small parrots, with a short rounded tail, and with a plumage of which the jjrevailing 

 color is green. Their i)opular name is well ajiiiliod, for tliey arc most affectionate 

 creatures, not only when in confinement, but in their native wilds, the forests of the 

 Ethioj.ian rc-;ion. Usually they are kept in pairs, and the closeness with which they 

 snuuirlc up to each other boars testimony to their mutual regard. Our figure shows 

 the red-faced love-bird (A. roscicoUis) from southwestern Africa. 



