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PALE-HEADED BROADTAIL. 



Platycercus palliceps. 



PLATE XXVI. 

 Platycercus palliceps, Lear's Parrots. 



THIS species, in form and habit, as well as the ge- 

 neral disposition of its colours, is nearly allied to the 

 Plat, eximius, Vig. (Nonpareil Parrot of Latham's 

 Gen. Hist.), for, with the exception of the head, 

 breast, and belly, the rest of the plumage is almost 

 precisely the same. Like the majority of the mem- 

 bers of this now extensive genus, it is a native of 

 New Holland. 



We regret that our limits will not admit of our 

 giving more examples of these lovely birds, particu- 

 larly of such as, by a slight deviation from the typi- 

 cal form, lead to other genera, or serve to connect 

 the present subfamily with the conterminous divi- 

 sions, such are some of the species inhabiting the 

 Pacific Islands, in which the tail feathers are more 

 attenuated towards the tip ; such also the Plat, sea- 

 y Vig. (King'e or Tabuan Broad -Tail), in 



