v. m 



beautiful Klepy on tin- d< ath of Corimui\ Parrot 



t IK f ['. !Ti (I. 



();. i.r in i < Vgant of the Parrakcets is 



a species lately brought in a dried state from 



l!IUuid, and which I have myself lately 



described under tin- name of Psittacus Melanotos 



or black- 1 MI -krd l\irr:ik--t. It ^ a middle-sized 



and remarkable for the vivid contrast 



, 



Among tlu- short or even-tailed Parrots the 

 common Cini/ l\irrot ii rve as an example: 



the Psittacus Erithacus of Linnaeus, and 

 is a very well-known , generally of the 



of a small I'i^eon, and of a deep-grey co- 

 lour with a red tail : it is a native of the inland 

 I of Africa. The Parrot called the Ama- 

 zon's Parrot (P. JBttiOHt) is also of this di- 

 i, and is .subject to much variety in point 

 of colour. 



Tlu- Pa; lied Lories belong also in ge- 



neral t<> tin tailed division in this genus. 



\ample \\e may take the Psittacus Gar- 

 rulus or Scarlet Lory, remarkable for the beuuty 

 I plumage. 



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