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The Spcclicd Conurc. 
graceful in I)uii(l, slim, and well proportionc;!, with tho usual 
Conurint tail.. 
The Body measures 6 inches in length (tail (U), and is 
as I have said, slim rather than the reverse. The hen is : oaiewhat 
smaller and more slim than the cock. The general colour of 
both is bright olive, suffused with a dull emerald greoi; the 
neck and shoulders are speckled with bright red, somewhat 
rectangular spots, thicker on the head and neck and le;;s nu- 
merous on the shoulders. On the breast too we find faint 
coloured spots o'f a duller red tint, but these appear to be 
absent or nearly so in the female. The breast feathers ap- 
pear to be somewhat yellower and lighter than the upper plu 
mage, but over all there is an exquisite sheen of briglit 
emerald green, visible only i:i certain lights, of course. 
The Head is similar to the head of most Conures, with 
a somewhat short neck and a very pronounced beak. The 
beak is flesh coloured with very distinct nostrils at the base, 
and as is usual in Conures, the nostrils are quite bare. The 
head in the male is considerably larger whether viewed laterally 
or from above, and is distinctly flatter. The upper mandible 
in the male is larger from above downwards, and consider- 
ably broader from side to side (at the base), this is very 
obvious when viewed from above. The upper mandible 
in the male is more hooked. To illustrate my meaning: If 
the beak was prolonged it would enter the breast three- 
quarters of an inch below the lower mandible, whereas in 
the hen it would entei' the l>reast two inches b,elow the lower 
mandible. The result of this is that the slit of the " mouth " 
in the female makes an angle of 30 degrees with the hori- 
zontal, whereas in the male it is 60 degrees. 
The Eye is surrounded by a flesh-coloured circle of 
bare skin giving the bird a peculiar bald look. This liald patch 
is roughly oval in shape and appears of equal size in the 
two sexes. The Eye itself is larger in the male than in the 
female— is bright golden yellow in the former but somewhat 
of a hazel tint in the latter. 
The WixGS are long and pointed, and the primaries 
overlap the tail to a considerable extent, and are obviously 
designed to give the liird a quick and twisting flight, which 
is so characteristic of Parrakeets. Externally they are 
bright olive green but at the shoulder we see the undoi' 
