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species. Among them are Pennant’s Parrakeet {Platy- 
cercus pennantii'), the Rosehill Parrakeet {Platycercus 
eximius), the Pale-headed Parrakeet {^Platycercus pallidi- 
ceps), Bauer’s Parrakeet {Platycercus zonarius), Swain- 
son’s Lorikeet {^Tricoglossus novce-hoUandice) , and the Blood- 
rumped Parrakeet (Fsephofus hcematonotus). The Zebra or 
Grass Parrakeet i^Melopsittacus widulatiis), also from Aus- 
tralia, is one of the most beautiful of these iDirds, — it is very 
small, and being of a green color, marked with undulating 
yellowish-white lines, bordered with black, it is almost impos- 
sible to distinguish it from the grass in which it is generally 
to be found. These little birds differ from all the other Par- 
rots, in the faculty which they alone possess, of uttering a 
repetition of several notes which might almost be termed a 
song. 
The Ring-necked Parrakeet (JPalceornis torquatus) and the 
Alexandrine Parrakeet {Palceornis alexandri') are very 
handsome and graceful birds from India. 
The Parrots of the New World, as a rule, are not so bril- 
liantly colored as those species from the other hemisphere, 
being generally green, with various markings of red, yellow, 
and white. 
Those species which are usually in the collection are the 
Yellow-fronted Amazon {Chrysotis ochrocephala), the Yel- 
low-cheeked Amazon (C/irysotis autumnalis), the Golden- 
Naped Amazon (^Chrysotis auripalliatci), the White-fronted 
Amazon {Chrysotis albifrons), and the White-eared Par- 
rot {Conurus leucotis). North America possesses one spe- 
cies, the Carolina Parrot {^Conurus carolinensis), which 
formerly ranged up to North Carolina and Kentucky, but 
which is now rarely found even in the Gulf States. 
A number of small Parrakeets are also common in South 
America, as the Cayenne Parrakeet {Brotogerys tuipard), 
the Yellow-throated Parrakeet {^Brotogerys tovi), and the 
Passerine Parrakeet {Psittacula passerind), the latter much 
resembling the Love Birds of Africa. 
The Cockatoos are confined to the Australian region. 
Being for the most part large birds of graceful flight, their 
appearance is large flocks is described as being singularly 
