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NONPAREIL PARROT. 
Psittacus Eximius. Lin. Syst. Mot. p. 139. 
The subject of this Plate is a native of New Holland, a country from 
whence has been received a greater number of birds, of superior bril- 
liancy and varied plumage, than from any other part of the known world. 
It is nearly fifteen inches in length, and in form very much resembles 
the Pennantian Parrot. It is a very lively, active, docile bird, fond of 
being taken notice of, which it returns by grateful and tender caresses : all 
its actions, all its motions, so different from most of the parrot tribe, have 
a gentleness and grace, which add new charms to its beautiful plumage : 
and I consider it as one of the most beautiful birds that ever came under 
my inspection. 
