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bkck fafciated with yellow. The head is flightly ftreaked with black, and 

 in front is a red fpot. The tail is highly cuneiform j all the feathers (ex- 

 cept the intermediate ones) of a rich jonquil yellow, crofled throughout 

 the whole length with numerous bars of the deepeft black. 



It is remarkable, that this bird, (unlike the reft of its genus,) never 

 perches on trees, but conftandy frequents fedgy and rufhy places, running 

 along the ground in the manner of a Rail. Its legs and feet are of a lon- 

 ger and more flender form than in other parrots ; and the claws, particu- 

 larly on the hind toes, are long and flender, approaching in fome degree 

 to thofe of a Lark, 



TETR AO 



