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ararauna) ; and Conurus pertinax, a handsome yellow- — 
faced species. szftacula cana is a pretty little grey- 
headed species from Madagascar, and P. ga/bulus is 
also a lovely little bird. ‘The handsome specimen of 
Chrysotis amazonica, a South American species, lived in 
confinement more than thirty years. Peocephalus | 
robustus, Levaillant’s Parrot, from the Cape of Good 
Hope, is another fine bird, which is followed by the 
those of the genus /szttfacus, containing our well-— 
known Grey Parrot from Western Africa, and some other 
interesting birds. Several beautiful Rose Parrakeets, 
among them Fale@ornts alexandri, claim our attention, 
P. affints from the Andaman Islands 1s also a charming 
species, as well as a Crimson-winged Australian Parrot 
of the genus /ésfes and the King Lory from the 
same. continent, of which the male is a brilliant 
scarlet and the female an equally lovely green; and 
this remarkable difference in the colour of the sexes is 
observable from their first plumage. Loriculus vernalts, 
a pretty green Parrot from the Andaman Islands, and 
two beautiful birds of the genus /latycercus, the 
Rosella or Rose-Hill Parrakeets, are well-known cage 
favourites. Another beautiful and rare bird from 
Moreton Bay, is Psephotus pulcherrimus, near to this 
is the Crested New Holland Parrakeet, which 
makes itself quite at home in this country in con- 
finement. Another well-known species, J/elopsitlacus 
undulatus, the pretty little Grass Parrakeet, breeds 
readily in our aviaries. There are a number of 
small long-tailed Ground Parrakeets, which it is 
impossible to mention, but the last family containing 
one genus only cannot be passed over without special 
notice. This singular and handsome bird, known by 
the natives of New Zealand, where alone it is found, 
as the “ Kakapo,” Ground, or Owl Parrot (Stvingops 
habroptilus), is nocturnal in its habits, hiding by day in 
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