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VARIED LORIKEET.-, 



Trichoglossus versicolor. 



PLATE XXI. 

 Trichogiossus versicolor, Lear's Parrots. 



NEARLY allied to the Trich. Swainsonii, in form 

 and general aspect, another lovely species has latelv 

 been discovered in New Holland, which has received 

 'he appropriate specific name of versicolor, the co- 

 lours of which the plumage is composed being great- 

 ly varied, and presenting to the eye an assemblag* 

 and contrast of brilliant tints, as exhibited in the ac 

 companying engraving, and in still greater perfectioi 

 in the full-sized figure contained in Mr Lear's splen- 

 did work on the Psittacidae. It appears to possess 

 all the typical characters of the group ; but we have 

 no information respecting its peculiar habits in its 

 wild or natural state. 



From species possessing a richly-varied plumage, 

 we now pass to others, where it is plainer, and of a 

 more uniform tint, but which otherwise exhibit all 

 the essential characters of the genus. In dimensions 



