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coverts, verditer-blue. This was presented to the Society, 

 by Mr. Brown, and was taken at Memory Cove, on the 

 South Coast of New Holland. 



Barnard's Parrot was presented by Edward Barnard, Esq. 

 to the Society. It came from the interior of New Holland, 

 but appears to be a scarce species in its native country. 



It is about fifteen inches long ; the forehead is deep crim- 

 son ; the rest of the head, pale-green ; on the nape is a 

 broad brown patch ; the back and wing-coverts are deep- 

 blue ; the rump and upper tail-coverts, pale-green ; and 

 across the wings there is a broad stripe of the same colour; 

 the two middle tail-feathers are green, the others are blue 

 from the base to the middle, the rest is pale-blue, fading 

 almost to white towards the end. 



The Varied Parrot was procured by Mr. Brown, on the 

 South Coast of New Holland. It is not much more than 

 ten inches long ; the plumage is emerald-green ; on the fore- 

 head, yellow ; across the crown, chestnut ; on the rump are 

 three shades of colour, first, pale-green, then deeper, and 

 lastly reddish, or chestnut ; the belly, thighs, and vent, are 

 orange-yellow ; the quills are edged with deep-blue ; the 

 tail, green, blue at the end ; on the two outmost feathers is 

 a bar of black, and on the third a patch of white. 



Of the Tabuan Parrot, Mr. Caley says it was seldom 

 he saw a full coloured specimen, viz. red. When the Indian 

 com is ripe, they may be seen, in large flocks, clinging on the 

 stalks, and doing much mischief ; but as it is rare to see a 

 bright red one among them, it may be presumed that the 

 greater part of these flocks are young birds. The natives say 

 that it breeds chiefly in a white gum tree, a species of Euca- 

 lyptus, making its nest of a little grass, and lining it with 

 feathers. It has as many as twelve young at a brood. The 

 eggs are dirty-white, with black specks. The nest is found 



