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coverts a spot of yellow ; tail greatly cuneiform ; the two middle 

 feathers thirteen inches long, above blue, beneath dull yellow; legs 

 and claws ash-colour. 

 Inhabits India. 



23.— BARNARD'S PARROT. 



SIZE of the Pennantian species. Bill moderate in size, and 

 pale horn-colour ; forehead deep crimson ; the rest of the head pale 

 green ; across the hind part and nape a broad space of brown ; back 

 and wing coverts deep blue ; rump and upper tail coverts pale green ; 

 across the wings a broad stripe of pale green ; tail greatly cuneiform, 

 and elongated ; the two middle feathers green, the others blue from 

 the base to the middle, the end half pale blue, fading almost to 

 white towards the ends ; legs black. 



Inhabits New-Holland ; met with in the interior, but said to be 

 very scarce, — In the Museum of the Linnaean Society is a fine 

 specimen, presented by ■ Barnard, Esq. 



24.— SCARLET-BREASTED PARROT. 



LENGTH fifteen inches. Bill red ; forehead, to the middle of 

 the crown, yellow ; behind the yellow, on the crown, a shade of 

 blue ; chin and throat yellow, the latter bounded on the breast by a 

 broad scarlet band ; general colour of the rest, of the plumage green ; 

 thighs mixed deep red and green ; tail cuneiform, the two middle 

 feathers nine inches long, the outer ones only four ; quills deep green, 

 with bluish edges ; shafts of the quills and tail nearly black, under 

 part of the latter wholly dusky black ; the wings reach to above 

 half way on the tail ; legs black. 



Inhabits New-Holland. — In the Linnaean Museum, with the 

 last named. 



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