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VARIED LORIKEET. 
Trichoglossus versicolor. 
PLATE XXI. 
Triehoglossus versicolor, Lear's Parrots. 
Nearly allied to the Trich. Swainsonii, in form 
and general aspect, another lovely species has lately, 
been discovered in New Holland, which has received 
,he appropriate specific name of versicolor, the co- 
lours of which the plumage is composed being great- 
ly varied, and presenting to the eye an assemblage 
and contrast of brilliant tints, as exhibited in the ac- 
companying engraving, and in still greater perfection 
in the full-sized figure contained in Mr Lear’s splen- 
did work on the Psittacidae. It appears to possess 
all the typical characters of the group ; but we have 
no information respecting its peculiar habits in its 
wild or natural state. 
From species possessing a richly-varied plumage, 
we now pass to others, where it is plainer, and of a 
more uniform tint, but which otherwise exhibit all 
the essential characters of the genus. In dimensions 
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