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UNDULATED NANODES. 



Nanodes undulatus VIG. et HORSP. 

 PLATE XXVIII. 



Nanodes undulatus., Vip. et Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. b. XT. 

 p. 277. Psittacus undulatus, Shaw's Nat. Mis. pi. 673. 

 Kuhl, Nov. Acta, <J-c., p. 49, No. 76. Euphemia undti- 

 lata, Wagle*-, Mon. Psitt. in Abhand. e., p. 492 and 

 545. 



THIS little species, which scarcely exceeds seven 

 inches in length, approaches still closer than its con- 

 geners in colour and appearance to the Ground Par- 

 rot, and brings the genus Pezoporus, Illig. into im- 

 mediate connexion, with that to which it belongs. 

 Its habits and mode of life are supposed to resemble 

 those of its congeners, but we unfortunately possess 

 too little information upon these interesting points, 

 the skins we receive from abroad being mostly col- 

 lected by persons who take no other interest in the 

 pursuit except the mere acquisition of the bird, are 

 rarely accompanied by any notes or observations il- 

 lustrative of the natural history of the species they 

 belong to. The head and nape are of a yellowish- 

 green, with very fine dark undulating lines ; upon 

 each cheek is a small patch of azure-blue, the upper 



