LESSER DUSKY PARROT. 
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less. The bill," continues he, "is dusky, 
with angles and orange-coloured spots on the 
sides of the upper mandible : the nostrils are 
surrounded with small red feathers. The top 
of the head, and sides below the eyes, are 
black, with a little gloss of blue on the crown. 
The eyes are of a dark colour, surrounded 
with a narrow space of bare skin, of a light 
blaeish colour. Immediately beneath the 
head, passes from the throat, quite round to 
tlie hinder part of the head, a ring of a fillc-j 
mot colour ; marked with dusky, small, oblongl 
spots. The neck behind, the back, rump, and 
covert-feathers of the wings, are of a darld 
brownish black. The greater quilis of thd 
wings, and some of the next row of feather 
above them, arc of a fine ultramarine blue 
the quills next tlie body, \\ ith the coverts ncxj 
above them, are dusky, wich a little bluenesi 
on their edges ; the insides of the wings arl 
of a lighter blue than the upper ; and the tin 
of the quills are black. The tail appea^ 
wlioUy of a dark blue colour on it's upper sit^ 
when closed : the inner webs of the tail-fc^ 
thcrs arc red ; except tlieir tips, which 
blue ; and the covcrt-teathers of the tail, 
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