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SWINDERN’S LOVE-BIRD. 
Agapornis Swinderianus. 
PLATE XL 
Psittacus Swinderianus, Kuhl, Consp. Psitl. in Nov. Act., 
&c.,p. 104, pi. 2 — Psittacula Swinderiana, Wayler, Mm. 
Psitt. in Ahhand. &c., p. 621. 
This beautiful little species is a native of South- 
ern Africa, and was first described and figured by 
Kuhl, in his “ Conspectus Psittacorum,” under the 
title of Psittacus Swinderianus ; it was included in 
that section named by him Psittacula, in which he 
placed the whole of the smaller species with short 
and even or slightly rounded tails — an artificial divi- 
sion, and established without due regard to the struc- 
ture, habits, or distribution of the species. Little is 
known respecting its natural history, being a bird of 
rare occurrence, ind even now only seen in a few 
collections. In the form and strength of its bill, it 
shews an affinity to the larger parrots, which is still 
more strongly indicated in another species, the Psit- 
tacus Malaccensis of Latham. In size it is among 
the smallest of its race, its extreme length being 
about six inches. The bill is black, strong, with the 
