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K UHL'S CORIPHILUS. 
Coriphilus Kuhlii. — Wagler. 
PLATE XXIIL 
Coriphilus Kuhlii, Mon. Psitt. in Abhand. <| -c. p. 494, aud 
566 . — Psittacula Kuhlii, Vig. in Zool. Journ. v. 1. p. 412. 
pi. 16. — Lear’s Parrots. 
This beautiful little bird was first described and 
figured by Mr Vigors in tbe Zoological Journal, 
from one of several specimens received by Mr Cross, 
formerly of Exeter Change, and now proprietor of 
the Surrey Zoological Gardens, from an island in the 
vicinity of Otaheite. In beauty of plumage, and ele- 
gance of aspect, it yields to few of the race ; but it 
appears to be of a wild and timorous disposition, at 
least in regard to strangers, as Mr Vigors states that 
he was unable to enter into its characters to the ex- 
tent he wished, from its impatience of observation 
and a near approach. Its voice is weak and sibi- 
lous, similar to the other species of this group, which 
contains, in addition to the present, the Cor.sapphiri- 
nus. Wag. (Psittacus Taitanus, Auct.), Cor.euclorus, 
Wag. (Psitt. fringillaceus, Lath., Kuhl, &c.), and the 
Cor. solitarius, Was- ( Psitt. Phigy, Bechst., Kuhl, 
