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VAR. ? 



CRIMSON-CROWNED PARRAKEET. 



Size of Tabuan Parrakeet, to which it seems 

 extremely allied : colour similar, except that the 

 crown of the head alone is of a rich scarlet: across 

 the shoulders a pale-green bar, as in the Tabuan : 

 rump blue : colour of the under parts uncertain, 

 the bird having been described from a specimen in 

 a glass case, and so disposed as to exhibit the up- 

 per parts only. Supposed to be a native of New 

 Holland. 



PACIFIC PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus Pacificus. P. macr, viridis, f route temporibus uropy" 



gioque lateribus rubris. Lath, ind. orn. 

 Green Parrakeet, with the forehead, temples^ and sides of the 



rump scarlet. 

 Pacific Parrot. Lath. syn. 

 Psittacus australis. Lath ind. orn, 

 Psittacus concinnus. Nat, Misc. pi, 87. 



Size of a small Turtle: general length about 

 twelve inches : colour deep grass-green, paler be- 

 neath : behind each eye a short, pointed spot or 

 stripe of the same colour : crown pale blue : back 

 of neck and tips of wings pale brown : tail of very 

 moderate length, but strongly cuneated and sharp- 



