M2i SOUTHERN BROWN PARROT. 



when the wing-coverts became chequered with 

 red, and at every successive moulting the red 

 feathers increased in number, till at length there 

 seemed to be as many red as green feathers on 

 the bird. Monsr. Levaillant adds that though the 

 individual described by BufFon was of a perverse 

 temper, yet he has himself seen one which was 

 remarkably tame and good-natured; and that it 

 is therefore probable that the faults of that com- 

 memorated by the Count de BufFon were owing 

 rather to improper education than to any inherent 

 jiialignity of disposition. 



SOUTHERN BROWN PARROT. 



Psittacus Nestor, P./uscus, capite incano, collo inferiore castanto^ 

 uropygio crissoque castaneo-rubris. Lath. ind. orn. 



Brown Parrot, with grey head, ch^snut underneck^ and reddish- 

 chesnut rump and vent. ^ hiix; 



Southern Brown Parrot. Lath, syn, 



Psittacus Australis. Museum Leverianum. No. 2. t. Q, 



A LARGE species, measuring about sixteen inches 

 in length : general colour ash-brown ; head pale 

 grey: under parts of the neck chesnut: lower 

 part of the belly the same, but of a somewhat 

 redder cast: bill large, very much hooked, and 

 horn-coloured: legs grey. Native of New Zea- 

 land, 



