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very long, being, in the fpecimen I defcribed this from, at leaft 

 three inches longer than any of the others ; and how much 

 longer they had been, is not known, as they were broken at the 

 ends; the fhafts of all of them are white ; the legs afti-colour. 



One of thefe is in high prefervation at Sir A. Lever's. 



Said to come from the IJle of Borneo. Plage. 



La grande Perruche a 5ongs brins, Buf. oif. vi. p. 155, Var C 



Perruche de Malac ■ , PL enl. 887. MALACCA 



PARRAKEET. 



*TPHIS, fays Buffon, one would take for a variety of the laft Description. 



but one, were it not for the fize, which is much larger, 

 being fixteen inches in length : there are befides fome few dif- 

 ferences, for the green colour throughout has a tinge of yellow : 

 the whole of the head is not of a rofe-colour, but only the region 

 of the eyes and the hind head, the crown being green : the reft of 

 the body is green •, and the ring round the neck is wholly want- 

 ing: the tail is of the fame colour with that of the two laft, but 

 deeper, and has fome appearance of blue on the middle of the 

 wings. I think there does not remain a doubt of this being a 

 further variety, as we know the ring does not appear in fome 

 other fpecies till mature age ; and as to the length merely, that 

 in the Leverian Mufeum muft have been at leaft fixteen inches* ;if 

 the two middle tail feathers had been perfect. 



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