SWINDERN'S LOVE-BIRD. 



Agapornis Swinderianus. 



PLATE XL 



Psittacus Swinderianus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. in Nov. Act., 

 &c.,p. 104, pi. 2. Psittacula Swinderiana, Wagler, Mon. 

 Psitt. in Abhand. &c., p. 621. 



THIS beautiful little species is a native of South- 

 ern Africa, and was first described and figured by 

 Kuhl, in his " Conspectus Psittacorum," under the 

 title of Psittacus Swinderianus ; it was included in 

 that section named by him Psittacula, in which he 

 placed the whole of the smaller species with short 

 and even or slightly rounded tails an artificial divi- 

 sion, and established without due regard to the struc- 

 ture, habits, or distribution of the species. Little is 

 known respecting its natural history, being a bird of 

 rare occurrence, ind even now only seen in a few 

 collections. In the form and strength of its bill, it 

 shews an affinity to the larger parrots, which is still 

 more strongly indicated in another species, the Psit- 

 tacus Malaccensis of Latham. In size it is among 

 the smallest of its race, its extreme length being 

 about six inches. The bill is black, strong, with the 



