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ROSE-HILL GROUND PARRAKEET. 



Platycercus eximiiis, figors i^- Hor.if. 

 One presented by the Queen. 



STAxNLEY GROUND PARRAKEET. 



Platycercus Stanleyi, Fig. 



RED- WINGED PARRAKEET. 



Platycercus erythropterus, figors. 



BLOSSOM -HEADED PARRAKEET. 

 Palseornis Pondicerianus, JFugl. 



MOUSTACHE PARRAKEET. 

 Palaeornis Bengalensis, JVagl. 



PENNANTLAN GROUND PARRAKEET. 



Platycercus Pennantii, Vigors Sj- Horsf. 



KING'S GROUND PARRAKEET. (Male and Female) 

 Platycercus scapulatus,/^7i,'-or« Sf Horsf. 



The four last species are from the Continent of Australia. 



GREAT-BILLED GROUND PARRAKEET. 



Platycercus macrorhynchiis, . 



From New Guinea. 



VASA GROUND PARRAKEET. 



Platycercus Vasa, Figors. 



From Madagascar. A specimen was presented by Mrs. David Barclay, and a se- 

 cond by Charles Telfair, Esq., of the Mauritius. 



Parrakeets with the two middle tail-feathers the longest ; the group known to 

 and noticed by the ancients. — Natives chiefly of India, but e.Mending to New 

 Holland. ' ■ . 



ALEXANDRINE PARRAKEET. 



Palceornis Alexandri, Figors. 



Donors, Mrs. Cameron, W. Taylor, Esq., and Sir J. Blane. 



RING NECKED PARRAKEET. 



Palaeornis torquatus, Figors. 



riO. YELLOW VARIETY. 

 Palaeornis torquatus, . Var. flava. 



Small Parrnkccts, with graduated tails, from South America. 



BUFF-FRONTED PARRAKEET. 

 Psittaca canicularis, Buff. 



YELLOW- W^INGED PARRAKEET 



Psittaca virescens, . 



Presented by Mrs. Merton. 



ALL-GREEN PARRAKEET. 



Psittaca viridissiina, . 



Presented by W. Taylor, Esq. 



GREY- BREASTED PARRAKEET. 



PbittcXca murina, . 



ORANGE-CHINNED PARRAKEET. 



Small Farralicct.f, with even tails. 



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