CHAPTER XXXIX. 



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IF there is not much to be said in favour of the Pennant, 

 there is still less to be urged in recommendation of 

 its near relative the Adelaide Parrakeet, which bears 

 the same relationship to it that the Palliceps does to 

 the Rosella, and it must by no means be confounded 

 with Edwards' Parrakeet, which is a distinct species, 

 but is nevertheless occasionally called the Adelaide. 



Some years ago Jamrach (A. H.) had a large con- 

 signment of Adelaide Parrakeets, of which I acquired 

 a couple, although I had no great admiration for them, 

 for they seemed to me to be merely a kind of " washed- 

 out" or faded Pennant, so I had them for the sake 

 of saying I had had them rather than for any other 

 reason, but I did not keep them long, especially as 

 they soon began to strip off their feathers. 



Some time afterwards I bought a pair of so-called 

 Pennants through an advertisement; they were said to 

 be moulting, and when they arrived, I found them 

 mere Adelaides and confirmed self-multilators with 



