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ETZ'S CONURE. 



Psittacus Petzi, Auctoeum. 



Synonyms: Conurus Petzii, Ge., Bp., etc.; Conurus Canicularis, Ge.; 



Sittace Petzii, Wgl. 



Feench: Perruche a front rouge, Bpp., Lvl. 



Geeman: Petz' Keilschwansittich, Ess. 



THIS small and unpretending looking Parrakeet, is nevertheless a 

 very nice bird,, capable of forming the most devoted attachment 

 to its owner, and of developing no small ability as an imitator of 

 domestic, if not exactly of articulate, sounds; although in the latter 

 respect instances are not wanting in which individuals have attained 

 to a very respectable degree of proficiency in reproducing the sound of 

 the human voice. 



It is a good deal smaller than the Half-Moon Parrakeet, measuring 

 about eight and a half inches in length, but bears a general resem- 

 blance to it in shape and colour; the frontlet however in Petz's Oonure 

 is rather orange red than golden, and is 'much narrower than in the 

 case of Conurus Aureus. 



Petz's Conure is a native of the northern part of South America, 

 and was met with by Dr. A. von Frantzius "in large flocks in the 

 Central American State of Costa Pica, not only in close proximity to 

 the town, but flying over the gardens with deafening cries. They are 

 frequently tamed there," he adds, "and easily learn to speak." 



"This species has been known to writers on ornithology for a long 

 time, and was described and figured by Edwards, Buffon, Levaillant, 

 and Linnaaus, and lastly by Bechstein, with more or less accuracy; but 

 the first correct account we have of it is that given by Wagler in 

 1832," so writes Dr. Puss, in his work on the Psittaciclce (Die 

 Papageien, page 267). 



It was described as follows by Bechstein under the name of 



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