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BARRABAND RING-PARRAKEET. 



Palaornis Barralandi. VIGORS. 

 PLATE I. 



Palaeornis Barrabandi, Vigors, in ZooL Journ. vol. ii. p. 56, 



Sp. 10 Psittacus Barrabandi, Swains. ZooL Illust. vol. i. 



p. 59. Polytelis Barrabandi, Wagler, in Abhand. &c., 

 p. 519 Scarlet-breasted Parrot, Lath. Gen. Syn. vol. ii. 

 p. 121, P. 24, Ed. 2. 



IN this handsome bird, we have one of those in- 

 teresting forms which so beautifully connect groups, 

 otherwise distant and far removed ; tor though the 

 character and shape of the tail, the well-defined ring 

 or neck-collar, the proportions of the wings, &c., evi- 

 dently place it in this genus, its elevated tarsi and 

 feet shew an approach to the Broad-tailed Divi- 

 sion ( Platytercinse), which stands at the further ex- 

 tremity of the Psittacean Family. It is also a native 

 of New Holland, in which interesting country so 

 many species of Platycercus have been discovered, 

 the rest of the ring-parrakeets, being the greater part 

 of them natives of Continental India, and its neigh- 

 bouring islands, and one or two are also met with 



