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margins ; head washed with blue only ; abdomen green, 

 yellow, and red. 



Trichoglossus noVjE-hollandIvE. 1. Cage-bird. Like the 

 former, but feathers on the breast without orange-red 

 ante-apical bands ; primaries and rectrices partly 

 yellow ; head even less washed with blue than in the 

 foregoing example. 



Coracopsis nigra. Madagascar. All primaries (except 

 one) , two of the rectrices, some of the wing- and tail- 

 coverts, and patches on throat and abdomen, white. 



Cyanorhamphus auriceps. New Zealand. Bright canary- 

 yellow ; frontal band aud lores, and patch on lower 

 flanks, scarlet; primaries whitish; primary - coverts 

 partially blue ; secondaries partly green. 



Melopsittacus undulatus. 4. Pale yellowish varieties. 



Ceryle alcyon. N. America. White, the cross-markings 

 on tail and wings faintly indicated in a more snowy 

 white ; pectoral band, flanks, and axillaries faintly 

 tinged with rusty buff. 



Eulampis jugularis. Martinique, W. I. A patch of white 

 feathers across the chest, and a small one on the bend 

 of the right wing. 



Chlorostilbon gibsoni. Bogota, U.S. Colombia. Head, neck, 

 mantle, underside, and outer primaries mostly white. 



Chrysolampis mosquitus. 2 <$ (J • Brazil. Tail and wings 

 partially white. 



Centropus viridis. 2. Luzon. Perfect albinos. 



Crotophaga sulcirostris. Mexico. White, with a few 

 black spots on the back and flanks and in the tail. 



Falco peregrinus. England. Upper surface creamy white, 

 with some pale brown feathers ; quills white, outer ones 

 pale milky-chocolate-brown; under surface delicate buff; 

 moustachial patch and cross-bars on breast, abdomen, 

 flanks, and thighs pale brownish ; under wing-coverts 

 very distinctly barred. 



