Be 2A RR Or ile 
Mr. Bechfein mentions a variety * which had the whole of the face 
crimfon: the upper part of the body dull green, beneath paler ; 
each feather of the tail,isyerimfon within, with the end yellowifh ; at 
the bend of the wing isfa red fpot. Mr. *Bechftein fafpects this to 
be the male, and that the one in / bite’s Fournai may poffibly be the 
other fex. 
Turcofine Parakeet, Nat. Mi/c. v. 3. pl. 96. 
SIZE of the Crefed Parakeet: bill black: the upper parts of the 
plumage are green, and the two middle tail feathers; the two 
next have a little yellow at the tips, which increafes in all the others, 
as they are.more outward, till the two outmoft are perfectly yellow ; 
the tail itfelf being greatly cuneiform: the head is pale blue; hind 
head brownifh, the back part of it inclining to chefnut: the whole 
of the wing is blue, but the coverts are paler and brighter than the 
reft; at the inner bend of the wing is a long crimfon patch: legs 
pale brown. 
Inhabits New South Wales, but is a rare bird; is obferved not to 
fly far at a time, and never feen but in pairs, and, oftener on the 
ground than on trees. The above defcribed from the drawings of 
Mr. Lambert: one of thefe, in the colle¢tion of General Davies, has 
four of the middie tail feathers green without, and dufky within, 
the outer one wholly yellow, except juft at the bafe; the next black 
half way, from thence to the end yellow; the third black within, 
green without, with a yellow tip. 
+ Der Kleine Sittich mit halbrothen Schwanze.—Al/e. Ucd. d. Vog. 1. i. Zufafi. 
S. 704. 
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