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me it breeds chiefly in a n'hite Gum-tree (a species of Eucalyp- 

 tus), making its nest of a little grass, and lining it with feathers. 

 It has as many as twelve young ones. The eggs are of a dirty- 

 white with black specks. The nest is found by the bird en- 

 larging the hole to creep in at. This process gives the sur- 

 rounding part a reddish appearance, which, forming a contrast 

 with the whiteness of the other parts, renders it conspicuous." 



Genus. Pezoporus. ///. 

 The birds of this genus, which was first characterized by 

 ]M. Illiger, differ essentially from those of the last by the form 

 of the tail, which, instead of being broad and depressed, is 

 narrow and cuneated, and has the feathers pointed at the ape:c. 

 The toes also seem even still more appropriated to the ground 

 than those of Platycercus, being longer and straighter, and the 

 nails being less falcated. The outer webs of the quill-feathers 

 are less indented, and the indenture is nearer the apeoc ; while 

 the under mandible also exhibits a sliohter emarg-ination than 

 in the latter genus, thus evincing a greater recession from the 

 groups that approach the Maccaws. There has hitherto been 

 but one species discovered of the genus, which appears confined 

 to New Holland. 



1. FoKMOsus. P. viridis, capite nigro-lineato, dorso alis pectoreque 

 maculis nigris lunulatis Jiavo-marginatis, corpore subtus rec- 

 tricibusque jiavo viridique fasciatis, taniâ frontali coccinea, 

 remigum fascia interrupta flava. 



Psittacus formosus. Lath. Ind. Ont. p. 103. 7io. 60. Kuhl, Nova 

 Jeta c^-c. p. 43. 710. 64. 



Psittacus terrestris. Shazc, Zool. of New Holl. pi. 3. Nat. Misc. 

 228. Lev. Mus. tab. 55. 



Perruche ingambe. Le Vaill. Hist, des Perr. pi. 32. 



Ground Parrot. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 137. no. 40. 



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