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account they are held in high estimation, and fre- 

 quently kept caged. They are nearly related to 

 Wagler's genera Psittacodis and Edectus, the latter 

 of which appears to lead to the larger Indian Lories ; 

 but of these genera, and that of Pionus, another 

 group, of which Psittacus menstruum, Auct., is the 

 type, our limits do not permit us to give illustrative 

 figures. The subject of the next Plate is the 



