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VARIED LORIKEET. 



Trichofflossus versicolor. 



PLATE XXI. 

 Trichogiossus versicolor, Lear's Parrots. 



NEARLY allied to the Trick. Swainsonii, in form 

 and general aspect, another lovely species has lately 

 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 assemblage 

 and contrast of brilliant tints, as exhibited in the ac 

 companying engraving, and in still greater perfectiot 

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

 did work on the Psittacidse. 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 



