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A VKKV u-aiitiful specie* of Purrakeet, and closely all i- 1 t.. the preoediag Mid, Is the 

 Hi. i i -BAM)] I- (titAfS I'M:i:vkKt.T, also a native . ilia, 



This pi.-tt\ iittl.- Parmkeet la a pleasing and interesting cnwim. . i,..t at all uncommon In 

 its fav..tit.- localities. 



It is a Mnimi.-r visit-.r to Van l>i<-iiien's Land, where it remain* from September to February 

 or Mai.-li. Thirkh woodi<d places are its usual haunts, an it feeds almost wholly on 

 :ni'l grnnsos, ami it is generally M-.-H on tin- ground mil. - it lias been alarmed. It 

 in Hock-, ami appears to li.n- Imt littl.- for of danger, and but MTV confused notions of placing 

 itsvlf in saf.-i \ ; for aa soon an a flock in alarmetl, they all rise creaming feebly, and after ll\ \i\x 

 for a hundred yards or so, again alight. During tin si,.,it tiim- that they are on the wing, 

 tli.-ir iti_'hi is ri|>i<l ami very irregular. r.-iiiin.lin- ili<- Kiiropean Bportaman of th- Miipe, and 

 being not unlike that of the Ground I'arruk.ft ahvady im-MtiuiH-d. 



It is a very quick runner, and displays great addrew in threading ita way among the gram 

 stems. Sometimes when frightened it will fly t-- w>nu* in-i^liltoring tree and there perch for 

 awhile ; but it soon leaves the uncongenial brunches and returns to the grotim! 

 at all shy, a can-ful observer can easily approach tin- llorks within a short distance by mm m_- 

 very slowly and quietly, and can ins|>ect tin-in .[nit.- at his ease through a jK-k.-t t. -I. -s< ,,},-, 

 that invaluable aid to practical ornithologists. AS it is a Manly binl and bean confinement 

 well, it is rapidly coming into favor as a cage l-inl. ami will probably earn great popularity, aa 

 it is very easily tamed and of a very affectionate imtntv. 



The eggs of this species are six or seven in number, and are generally l.ii-l in a convenient 

 hole of a gum-tree, although the bird sometimes prefers tin* hollow trunk of a prostrate tree 

 for the purpose. 



The color of this bird is green with a slight brown wash ; the wings, the tail, and a band 

 over the forehead are beautiful azure, and around the eyes and on the centre of the abdomen 

 the color is yellow. 



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THE pretty bird to which so extravagantly lontr a name has been given is also a native of 

 Australia, and is found only in New South Wal- though j.l.-ntiful, very local. 



The SCALY-BREASTED LORRIKKBT is a good example of a very large genus ; and as the 



