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THE ROSE.RINGED PARRAKEET. 



FaL.EURMS TORQVATtS. VlO. 



In the preceding article we have ah-eady pointed out 

 the principal diti'erences subsisting between the species 

 there described, which naturalists have concurred in 

 regarding as the Alexandrine bird, and the Rose-ringed 

 Parrakeet represented above. The latter is far more 

 common than the former and appears to be dispersed 

 over a much greater extent of territory, being found not 

 only in India and as far eastward as JNIanilla, but also, 

 if the reports of travellers are to be credited, throughout 

 a large portion of Africa, and even on the coast of Sene- 

 gal. It would seem indeed to be extremely abundant 

 in this last locality, and to be from thence most fre- 

 quently imported into Europe. It is consequentlv 

 known in France by the nanic of th(> Pernichc dc 

 Seneual. 



