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446 HISTORY OF 



and wings blue, with a line of a paler colour 

 down the middle; the tail is long and blue, 

 with. the ends of a pale colour. 



The female is green on the upper parts of the 

 neck and body, and a patch of the same colour 

 under each eye ; the throat and chin are blue ; 

 the lower part of neck, breast and rump are red ; 

 the belly on the middle is dusky green ; the tail 

 dark blue fringed with chesnut; the other parts 

 of the wing are dark blue. 



MOTACILLA, OR WARBLER. 



This is the same size as the superb warbler, 

 to which it has most certainly great affinity, 

 but the tail is not cuneated at the end. The 

 upper parts of this bird are brown, but very 

 pale beneath, with a broad band of deeper 

 brown towards the tip of the tail. 



GREEN PARROQUET. 



This green Parroquet has a long tail; the 

 feathers round the beak, and the base of those 

 in the tail, are red. The beak is of a brownish 

 yellow ; the feet are dusky ; the tail feathers 

 are yellow, except at the base ; the wing fea- 

 thers are dusky at the interior margins. 



RED SHOULDERED PARROQUET. 



This bird is from ten to twelve inches in 

 length ; the general colour is a fine green, 



