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PLATE 



V. 



THE RED VENTED COCKATOO. 



PETIT KOKATOES DES PHILIPPINES, PL. ENLUM. I9I. 



GENUS PSITTACU3, LIN. SYST. I 39. PARROT, PEN. GEN. BIRDS 5, 



SIZE, 

 ORBIT, 

 BILL, 

 VENT, 



COLOUR, 



of the grey Parrot. 



yellowifli red. 



white tipped with yellow. 



white barred with crimfon ; four feathers under- 

 neath the tail, of a light yellow. 



of the creft, white, except one or two feathers 

 underneath, which ferve as a fpring to fup- 

 port it when upright. The reft of the 

 plumage of this bird is white, with a yel- 

 lowifli tint towards the quill ends of the 

 feathers. 



This curious bird is in the collection of Lady 

 read; who permitted me to take a drawing 

 from it. 



