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SLIGHT-BILLED PARRAKEET MACCAW. 
Psittacara leptorhyncha, . 
Presented by Hugh Cuming, Esq. 
Ground ParraJceets ; natives of Australia, and extending to some 
of the Islands of India and Africa, but not found on either 
Continent. 
MACQUARRIE GROUND PARRAKEET. 
Platycercus Pacificus, ~. Psittacus Pacificus, Lath. 
Brought from Macquarrie Island. 
ROSE-HILL GROUND PARRAKEET. 
Platycercus eximius, . Perruche omnicolore, Le Vaill. 
STANLEY GROUND PARRAKEET. 
Platycercus Stanley!, Vigors. 
PENNANTIAN GROUND PARRAKEET. 
Platycercus Pennantii, . Perruche a large queue, Le Vaill. 
KING’S GROUND PARRAKEET. (Male and Female.) 
Platycercus scapulatus, . Grand Perruche a collier et croupion 
bleues, Le Vaill. 
The three last species are from the Continent of Australia. 
GREAT-BILLED GROUND PARRAKEET. 
Platycercus macrorhynchus, — . Perroquet de la Nouvelle Guinee, Buff. 
From New Guinea. 
VASA GROUND PARRAKEET. 
Platycercus Vasa, . Le Grand Vasa, Le Vaill. 
From Madagascar. A specimen was presented by Mrs. David Bar- 
clay, and a second by Charles Telfair, Esq. of the Mauritius. 
Parrakeets , with the two middle tad-feathers the longest; the 
group known to and noticed by the ancients. — Natives 
chiefly of India, but extending to New Holland. 
ALEXANDRINE PARRAKEET. 
Palseornis Alexandri,— . Perruche a collier des Isles Maldives, Buff. 
RING-NECKED PARRAKEET. 
Palseornis torquatus, . Perruche a collier, Buff. 
DO. YELLOW VARIETY. 
Palseornis torquatus, • . Var. flava. 
