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by the bird enlarging the hole to creep in at, which process 

 gives the surrounding part a reddish appearance, which, by 

 contrast with the whiteness of the nest, renders the hole 

 conspicuous. 



The division of Parrots with the tail wedge-shaped equally, 

 presents us with nothing worthy of remark in relation to man- 

 ners, habits, &c, ; or, rather, this interesting branch of their 

 history has not hitherto been sufficiently cultivated to furnish 

 us with much biographical matter relating to them. 



At the end, as it were, of this division, comes the species 

 named by M. Temminck P. Setarius, or the Racket-tailed 

 Parrot, on account of the peculiarity of the middle tail- 

 feathers, which, being much larger than the rest, and fur- 

 nished with barbs only at the end, look something like a pair 

 of rackets. The male of this species has the forehead, cheeks, 

 neck, and all the under parts of the plumage, green ; a red- 

 dish-ash band passes from one eye to the other ; and beneath 

 this, on the occiput, is pale blue, which passes to the nape ; 

 the smaller wing-coverts at the angle of the ^ving, are blue, 

 passing into green ; all the upper parts are of a deep-green, 

 except a portion of the extremities of the caudal feathers, 

 which are deep-blue ; the tail beneath is blue. The young 

 appears in all probability to want the red band on the fore- 

 head. This species inhabits the Indian Islands, but nothing 

 is known of its manners. 



The New Holland Cockatoos include three species, which 

 are very much assimilated to one another, viz. The Banksian, 

 Funereal, and Cook''s Cockatoo. Of the first of these, Mr. 

 Caley informs us that its native name is Geringora, and that 

 it occurs in various parts of New Holland, especially north- 

 ward of Paramatta ; but that they are not seen many together. 

 The natives say it breeds in the winter in Mun^imy-trees, or 

 Blood-trees of the colonists, a species of Eucalyptus. It 



