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great length, and cunciforiTi, cr Yvith the feathers unequally fliortening at the 

 fides. 



There is a fpecies of parrot extremely nearly allied to this, tho' differing 



confiderably in colour, being of the brightefc and moll vivid fcarlct in all 



thofe parts which in the pvzCcnz bird aie purple. The green alfo is of a. 

 very different appearance, and of a much brighter caft. 



Mr. Latham dcfcribes it as a mere variety of the prefent fpecies : indeed 

 it is not eafy to determine witli abfoluce certainty whether it be really dif- 

 tinft or a variety only. 



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