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bird, are widely different : the bill is horn-co- 

 loured; the upper mandible palest: the head, 

 neck, breast, and upper part of the belly of a beau- 

 tiful scarlet: the throat white with a slight tinge 

 of blossom-colour : the wings fine mazarine blue, 

 with a paler glossy lustre on the middle of the co- 

 vert-feathers : the prime quills dusky blue with 

 pale edges : the smaller coverts next the back 

 black : hind part of the neck, scapulars, and whole 

 back, as far as the rump, black, each feather ele- 

 gantly bordered with bright apple-green: lower 

 part of the belly of the same colour, but yellower, 

 and in some specimens slightly undulated with 

 pale red : tail fine blue, growing pale or whitish 

 toward the tips; but the two middle feathers blue- 

 green : legs cinereous. Native of New Holland, 

 from whence it has been often brought into Eng- 

 land. In a state of captivity it appears of a mild 

 disposition, but has not, I believe, been observed 

 to articulate. It is one of the most beautiful P^r» 

 rakeets yet discovered. 



