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PLACE. 
13. 
SMALL 
PARAKEET, 
DESCRIPTION. 
PLACE, 
BerAvieR Ree Gis. 
half way fine blue, with here and there a yellow ftreak, fhoulders of 
the wings yellow: legs dufky. 
This inhabits New South Wales, and has great affinity to the Pacific 
Parrot. In the Naturalifis Mifcellany, the forehead only is crimfon, 
and a ftreak of the fame below the eye: the fhoulders are not 
yellow. 
A bird which appears to be a variety, is among the drawings of 
A. B. Lambert, Efquire, which came alfo from New Holland. In 
this the crimfon patch below each eye is much larger, with the addi- 
tion of a yellow ring round the neck, at the bottom of the blue 
nape. 
In another collection I have feen one which differs further in 
having the lower part of the neck behind reddifh inftead of yellow : > 
the fhoulders acrofs the wings tinged and mixed with red, and the 
fides of the breaft reddifh ; the whole of the nape is olive brown: 
the tail feathers red at the bafe within: this variety 1s in the poffeffion 
of General Davies. I have likewife feen it in another collection. 
Pfittacus pufillus, Zzd. Orn. i. p. 106. 71.—Small Parakeet, White’s Journ. 
t. p. 262. 
HIS is nearly the fize of the Guinea Parakeet, and under feven 
inches in length: the bill dufky, furrounded at the bafe with 
crimfon: body olive green, paler beneath; tail the fame; but the 
inner webs at the bafe are crimfon: legs blue. 
Inhabits New South Wales : in fome, the bafe of the tail is yellowith 
inftead of red; itis found in great numbers all over the country about 
Sydney Cove, and has a brufh-like tongue, well adapted to extract 
honey from the flowers of the trees, with which almoft every flower 
of the country abounds. 
9 Mr. 
