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LINEATED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus lineatus. P. macr. viridis, remigibus subtus fuscis mar- 

 gine inferiore pallidis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 3. append* p. 223. 



Green Parrakeet, with the quill- feathers brown beneath, with 

 pale inner margins. 



Lineated Parrot. Lath. syn. 



Size of a dove; the wings brown beneath, with 

 the inner margins of the feathers very pale, caus- 

 ing a longitudinally striped or lineated appear- 

 ance : tail rather longer than body. Native region 

 uncertain. 



SEBAN LORY. 



Psittacus Sebanus. P. cceruleus sulftus ruber, pileo nigro, collari 



rubro viridique, abdomine femoribii jue viridibus. 

 Blue Lory, red beneath, with black crown, red and green collar, 



and green belly and thighs. 

 Psitt. orient, exquis, Loeri dictus. Seb. I. p. 63. t. 38./. 4. 

 Psittacus atricapillus. Black-crowned Parrot. Lath. 



Slightly described, and figured in Seba's The- 

 saurus. Length seemingly about fourteen inches : 

 size rather larger than that of the Amazons Par- 

 rot : bill pale, or yellowish-white ; legs black. The 

 individual mentioned by Seba was a native of one 

 of the Papuan isles : it had been taught to speak 

 in various languages with great distinctness, and 

 ]vas of a mild and affectionate disposition. 



