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floSY-flACED goVErfglRD. 



Psittacus roseicollis, Russ. 



Synonyms: Agapornis roseicollis, Bp.; Psittacus pullarius, var.fi, Lchtst.; 



Psittacus parasiticus, Tmk.?; Psittacula roseicollis, Wgl., etc. 



German: Der Rosenpapagei. 



ALTHOUGH bearing much resemblance to the subject of the last 

 notice, this is a different bird, inhabiting Southern Africa, up 

 to the Equator, while the Red-faced species is found on the western 

 coast as far as Angola, whence it is frequently called, especially of older 

 writers, the Guinea Parrot, or " Paroquet. " 



The Posy-faced Love-bird is about the same size as its red-visaged 

 congener, and like the latter, the general colour of the plumage is 

 grass green, the forehead is scarlet, the cheeks and the throat are 

 rosy-red, the rump and upper tail coverts are sky-blue, and the under 

 surface of the wings blackish grey: the beak is greenish grey, the tail 

 green with reddish, blue, and black diagonal bands. 



The scarlet frontlet is of a fainter shade in the female. 



The green plumage of the young is darker and the red fainter than 

 in the parent birds, and the beak has a blackish tip. 



Why these birds should be so very much dearer than their Red-faced 

 relatives is one of those mysteries that to the connoisseur appear to 

 be inscrutable, for they are, in every way, the more desirable of the 

 two species, yet they are very seldom to be obtained, and then only 

 at fancy prices: Dr. Russ says "from one hundred and eighty marks 

 (shillings) for the pair.-" 



As we have said, the Red-faced Love-birds have not been produced 

 in captivity, but the Rosy-faced nest very readily in confinement, 

 several amateurs in Germany having bred them to the third and fourth 

 generation. 



A most interesting account of his success, and that of his friends 



