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&c.) The bill is small and short, of a red colour. 
The hides are composed of three circles, the exte- 
rior being red, the second grey, and the third or 
inner yellow. The forehead and crown are of a 
lively green, the double occipital crest is of a rich 
violet-purple, and composed of long narrow feathers, 
which it can erect at pleasure, but most frequently 
when irritated or alarmed. The face, fore-neck, 
breast, and abdomen, are blood-red, the thighs of a 
deep purplish-red, the vent and upper tail- coverts 
are sulphur-yellow. The hind-neck, the back and 
wing9 are of a lively yellowish-green. The tail, 
which is pretty long and broad, is red, tinged with 
purple, the tips of the feathers green. The legs 
and toes are red, the latter short and strong ; the 
claws are black and hooked. 
Another very beautiful and interesting bird, which 
appears to belong to this little group, is the Psitt. 
Taitensis, Gmel. : — Blue, but having the throat, fore 
part of the neck, and cheeks, white. It frequents 
the very summits of the cocoa-trees, examining their 
flowers at the moment of bursting, for the sweet li- 
quid which is there abundant.' 
Apparently in near connection with Wagler’s ge- 
nus Coriphilus, in the weak structure of the bill, 
and in the length and shape of the wings, is another 
group of diminutive Parrots, inhabiting the Indian 
and Australian islands, for which we adopt the title 
of Psittaculus, and which, we believe, will enter 
