Ring-Necks and Allies. 



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THE MASKED TARRAKEET. 

 {From a Photograph by Miss Alderson.) 



Blue-rumped Parrakeet 



(Psittinus incertus). 



The beak of the male is decidedly 

 longer than that of the female. 

 When viewed from # above, it is 

 elongate-conical, whereas that of 

 the female would be better 

 described as triangular in outline. 

 "The female has the head and 

 nape reddish-brown, the sides of 

 the head with a yellowish tinge, 

 the shafts being dusky ; back and 

 upper tail-coverts green ; a small 

 patch of blue on the lower back ; 

 the under parts yellowish - green, 

 the breast feathers being 

 darker in the centre, pro- 

 ducing a scaly appearance " 

 '(Seth-Smith, Parrakeets, page 

 439). 



Madagascar Love-Bird (Agapomis coma). 



The male has a rather narrower beak than the female. She also 

 differs in wanting the ashy grey on head and breast and the black on 

 under wing-coverts. In fact, excepting for the black and yellowish 

 on the tail-feathers, her plumage is practically uniform green. 



Red-faced Love-Bird (Agapomis pullaria). 



The male is larger than the female, his beak is longer, less arched, 

 with longer terminal hook. The female, also, as in the preceding 

 species, has green under wing-coverts (whereas the male has black) ; 

 her beak is less bright in colour, and her face and rump paler. 



Rosy or Peach-faced Love-Bird (Agapomis roseicollis). 



The male is rather larger than the female ; his beak is longer, less 

 arched ; when viewed from above it forms an elongate cone, whereas 

 that of the female is distinctly less elongate. In this sex, also, the 

 rosy colouring on the breast is noticeably more restricted than in 

 the male. 



Vernal Hanging Parrakeet (Loriculus vernalis). 



"In the female the green colour is rather more yellowish, and the 

 head less brilliant green; blue of the throat almost or entirely 

 absent" (Seth-Smith, Parrakeets, p. 153). 



