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Mciicr's avd Evcrrft's Fatrots. 
hanging the waiter, a roosting place which is cnmnaonly 
shaieJ also by numbers of the two White Egrets. Native names 
are Kuniin-koio, (Mandingo) and Nyarapulo, (Jo'dH). 
{To he Continued) 
Meyer's and Everett's Parrotts. 
By Wesley T. Page, F.Z.S., M.B.N.H.S. 
In January Bird Notes p.p. 29 and 30 the Eev. G. H. 
Raynor expressed the desire that someone would describe 
his two female specimens (when at Palace Show) of the above 
rare species. I have attempted the task but found it difficult, 
as what with bad light, the birds declining to turn as required 
to bring various areas into view, also the interruptions from 
the many bird acquaintances present, all combined to make the 
result not so complete as I would have desired. 
Meyek"s Parrot {Pceoccphalas meyeri). In addition 
to this beiuK^ a variable species, Mr. Raynor's bird is getting 
on in years, for it first appeared at the Palace in 1897. Again 
the female plumage has not been published as yet, and I 
have been quite unable to get to the Museum to compare skins 
(9) there, but a reference to this species, if necessary, can be 
made at a later date. The description of the male was made 
at the Zoo. 
Adult Male: With the exception of the lower back, 
rump and upper tail-coverts, which are intense bluish emerald- 
green, and an irregular (sometimes crescentic and sometimes 
split up into two or more patches), rich yellow patch on 
on the crown, the whole of the upper-surface is fresh-earthy- 
brown (almost blackish-grey-brown); the bend of the wing, 
wing-coverts and thighs, yellow; breast, flanks and under, 
tail-coverts bluish-emerald-green, very rich and intense on the 
breast. There are some brown feathers mingled with the green 
on the breast, but these are doubtless lost with increased age; 
beak, blackish horn-colour; irides, deep red; legs and feet, 
black-green. Total length, full 9 inches; tail 2|. 
Adult female differs from the male as follows: Above 
she is blackish -brown; lower back, rump, upper tail coverts, 
breast and abdomen, pure emerald-green; lower abdomen, 
flanks and underside of tail yellowish-green. The yellow patch 
across her crown is smaller, and paler, 
