OF PARROTS. 



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east as the Rio Quarto, in the province of Cordova, 

 which is somewhat about three hundred and fifty 

 miles to the eastward of Las Calitas. The altitude 

 of this tract of country ranges from two to three 

 hundred feet above the level of the sea. The Rose- 

 ringed Parrakeet has a most extensive range, being 

 found over almost all India ; it is also widely spread 

 throughout Africa, and is especially foimd on the 

 coasts of Senegal ; and in all these places, differing 

 so widely in temperature and other physical pro- 

 perties, the bird is subject to hardly any perceptible 

 change in the colour or qualities of its plumage. 

 Nearly three hundred species of this splendid genus 

 of birds have been described by naturalists. 



It is said, that each species confines itself within 

 its own particular district of the forest, without 

 encroaching on the territory of any other species. 



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