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r.atli ninl P. f/alcr'tfu.^ Tciiim.,) with ati infinite 

 variety nf the p;in"ot trihe, such jis groninl jnir- 

 I'ots, (J^sittacus J'ormosus. Lath.) loris, {^Ps'Ulacus 

 fijcfomis, Shaw.) &c*., eaHifletted tifateso^tt^, feaf ev«n 

 their diseofdant ii&timm afe tlne^ng ttte 



dcptlis of an i\nstra1ian solitn<h! ; ainonjjc tlieni 

 also tlio Roseliill parrot/' wliich, for Ijeanty, 

 variety, and harmony of cohnirs, is not to be 

 equalled by any of Hk^ i^ft^ i?]pse'rf^a iras atatt- 



on the road, still warm, in full and beautiful 



plumaL^'e, and \yithont any external wound to 

 account for its death. The more gentle Bronze- 



-winged pigeoExs^^ (0eiimf^ &iuhi>ptera) were 

 sSm retf i^miammi ^0i^g m tlie road to 



pick up food, unmindful of the near a^jproacli of 



the horses. The [jluniag'c of tliis bird varies 

 from a beautiful fawn colour to a dark brown, 



hmm fcsttltos meat fte bases of 

 the wiitgs, ^t(m wM<^ mast it dedvm its colo- 

 nial api>elhition. Numerous magpies, crows, 

 and the sniaUer variety of birds of gay plumao'e, 

 also crossed our path, exciting the admiration 



A p6(niH0r9 mA, Ihelime, tmdescribed species 

 of the lizard tribe, of n lilaok etdour aiui76|H)I-^ 



sive ap]>earance, but perfectly harmless, was oc- 

 sionally seeui the tail is very short in pro- 



