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feathers, green, but bright red at the root and towards the end, with a black line dividing the two 

 colours. The face, belly, and tail-covers are yellowish green, and the upper part of the throat is 

 surrounded by a black band. These beautiful birds inhabit the western and interior parts of Africa, 

 but information as to dieir habits in their native land is entirely wanting. 



THE CRESTED HAWK PARROT {Deroftyus accipitrinus coronatus). 



THE SPARROW PARROT. 



The Sparrow Parrot (Psittacula passerind) is one of the smallest of the Brazilian parrots, being 

 scarcely or not at all larger than the species we have just described. The colour of the plumage is a 

 bright green, shaded into yellow upon the brow, face, and lower parts. The under-side of the tail 

 and tail-covers are of a pale bright bluish green ; the anterior border of the wing, the large wing- 

 covers, the back, and secondary quill-feathers, as well as the inner wing-covers and the under part 

 of the body, are of a bright ultramarine ; the primary quills are blackish brown, with a green anterior 

 edge. The beak is a bluish ashy green ; the cere somewhat darker ; the feet ash grey, with green, 

 scale-like plates ; the eyes brown. 



The Sparrow Parrot is very common in Brazil, and inhabits both the woodlands near the sea- 



