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95— UNDULATED PARROT— Pl. XXVI. 



Psittacus undulatus, Undulated Parrot, Nat. Misc. pl. 673. Shaw's Zool. viii. 469. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill short, stout, brown, with a pale 

 point ; head and neck buff-colour, crossed with numerous transverse 

 lines of brown ; on the lower jaw a patch of blue, the size of a pea ; 

 back and wing coverts pale chocolate brown, with darker markings, 

 but some of the second quills have a tinge of green ; the lower row of 

 coverts are green, with pale edges ; greater quills brown within, 

 margined with green ; breast, belly, thighs, and rump pale green ; 

 tail greatly cuneiform, the two middle feathers three inches long, 

 pointed, the colour verditer-blue, the next one inch and three quarters, 

 the outer one very short, all of them green, with a band of yellowish 

 buff near the tip, half an inch broad ; legs black. 



Inhabits New-Holland. In the collection of Gen. Davies. — A fine 

 specimen is also in that of Mr. Harrison. Supposed to be fond of 

 grapes, as a large flock was once seen in a vineyard, and one of 

 them shot. — In the Museum of the Linnaean Society. 



96.— PACIFIC PARROT. 



Psittacus pacificus, Ind. Orn: i. 104. Gm. Lin. i. 329. 

 Pacific Parrot, Gen.Syn. i. 252. Id. Sup. ii. 87. 



LENGTH twelve inches. Bill silvery blue, end black ; in some 



the forehead and half the crown, in others the forehead only, deep 



crimson ; behind the eye a spot of the same, as also a patch on each 



side of the vent ; plumage otherwise dark green, paler beneath ; tail 



cuneiform, the two middle feathers five inches and a half long, the 



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