4f5 



nOSE-RINGED PARRAKEET. 



Size of a Blackbird: length rather more than 

 fifteen inches : upper mandible blood-red with a 

 black tip; lower black: eyes surrounded by a 

 flesh-coloured skin: colour of the plumage pale 

 green, the hind head inclining to violet: round 

 the neck a ring of light rose-colour, and which is 

 not visible till the third year of the animal's growth. 

 This variety is a native of several parts of Africa. 

 Monsr. Levaillant considers it as a distinct spe- 

 cies. 



DOUBLE-RINCxED PARRAKEET. 

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Described by Brisson and Buffon: length thir- 

 teen inches and a half: bill as in the preceding 

 kinds: plumage deep green, yellower beneath : the 

 ring round the neck rose-colour, and broadest in 

 front, while from each side of the lower mandible 

 passes a narrow black stripe, accompanying the 

 red bar as it passes backwards : the plumage of 

 the neck, immediately above the collar, being tinc- 

 tured with blue-green, and beneath it with yel- 

 lowish. Native of the East Indies and some parts 

 of Africa. 



