RED-CHEEKED NYMPHTCUS. 



Nymphicus Novte Hollandice. WAGLER. 

 .PLATE XXX. 



Nymphicus Novae Hollandiae, Wag. Mon.Psitt. inAbhand., 

 <|c., p. 490 and 522 Psitticus Novae Hollandiae, Latham^ 

 Ind. Orn. i. 102, sp. 89. Leptolophus auricomis, Swain- 

 s<w's2d Ser. Jllus Crested Parakeet, Lath. Syn. i. p. 250, 



51 Calopsitta Guy, Less. Ill Zool. vol. iii. 2 sp. pi. 112. 



Female. 



THOUGH clothed in plain and unassuming plumage, 

 as compared with many of its brilliant-coloured as- 

 sociates, the subject of our plate is not without its 

 attractions, its elegant crest contributing to increase 

 the beauty of its contour, which in other respects is 

 equal to that of any species we have previously de- 

 scribe/!. Its habits are said to resemble those of the 

 other Platycercinae, with which its structure also ac- 

 cords, the elongation of the tarsi and toes giving it 

 the same freedom of action upon the ground, where 

 it usually seeks and obtains its food. It does not 

 appear to be a numerous species, as few specimens 

 have yet found their way into our museums, and no 

 detailed account of its natural history have hitherto 

 been recorded. It is a native of New Holland, but 



