XIII. 

 MALACCA PAKRAKEET. 



I HE family of Parrots is a very large one, 

 and includes a great many species. They 

 are chiefly confined to warm countries and 

 the vicinity of the Equator. Here their 

 gaudy plumage seems in harmony with the bril- 

 liant and burning sun of the Tropics. But no 

 rule is without an exception ; and the range of the 

 Parrots extends farther than was thought. They 

 have been seen flying before a snow-storm along 

 the banks of the Ohio, one of the great Ameri- 

 can rivers ; and Parrots have been met with in 

 Van Diemen's Land. 



Naturalists divide this numerous and wide- 



