pennant's parrakeet. 



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When the wings are open, the smaller feathers — that 

 is, those nearest the body — are of a clear lilac ; a 

 few of the greater wing coverts are bright yellow 

 on one side. The upper side of the rectrices of 

 the tail is of a deep violet; each of the feathers 

 being divided by a black shaft, the sides of which 

 have a slight reflection of a bronzed colour; the 

 three longest rectrices are of a violet red beneath ; 

 the middle sized and small ones are of a velvet 

 violet at their base, terminated by a grayish white 

 at the tips ; the lower covering of the rectrices is 

 of a fine black ; among the larger ones, some have 

 a reflection of blue at their base ; others terminate 

 in a clear blue, fringed with white ; and as for the 

 middle sized and smaller ones, they are ultramarine 

 blue at their termination, fringed with white at the 

 tips onl}^ The feet are of a gray black ; as also the 

 upper mandible of the bill, at its base; from the 

 middle to the point it is of a citron yellow, inclining 

 to pink. 



The length of this Parrakeet is fifteen inches ; it 

 inhabits New Holland. 



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