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ifland; it has been met with in other parts, and varies accord- 

 ingly. 



'TpHAT found at Dujky Bay, in New Zealand, wanted the red on __ 56. 



*• each fide of the rump, and the tail not fo long in propor- 

 tion. It is called in this place by the name of Kugha-arecku. 



A SECOND variety differed from the other in having the rump 56V 



red, but marked as the firft-mentioned. Var * B * 



A NOTHER, which I obferved at Sir Jofeph Banks's, had the 56. 



forehead only red, and the whole crown of the head yellow, 

 ©therwife differed not from the others*. 



This inhabited New Caledonia. 



Thefe birds, are valued for the few red feathers * they have Peace, 



about them : hence the ftore they fet by red feathers brought 

 from other iflands, as mentioned by the feveral voyagers to the 

 South Seas, 



57- 

 PALM 



PARROT. 

 CIZE of the Taft ipecies r length eight inches. Bill red : general Description, 





colour green, but paler, and much inclined to yellow on the 



• A fort of a greenifh colour, with a few red fpots, were common among the 

 Bananas, and appeared frequently tame in the houfes of the natives, who feemed 

 to value them for their red feathers. Forji, Fey, i. p. 272. 



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