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PENNANTIAN BROAD-TAIL. 
Platycercus Pennantii Vig. & Hobs?. 
PLATE XXV. 
Platycercus Pennantii, Vig. Horsf Linn. Trans, v. 15. 
p. 250 — Wagler , Mon. Psilt. in Abhand. §c. p. 535, pi. 17 
— Psitt. Pennantii, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 90, No. 26— Psitt. 
gloriosus, Shaw's Nat. Mus. pi. 53. — Psitt. elegans, Kuhl, 
Nov. Acta, <*rc. . v. 10. p. 55, pi. 89. — Perruche a large 
queue, Le Vaill. Hist, des Psitt. pi. 79 Pennantian Par- 
rot, Ph ill. Pot. Bay, pi. p. 154. — White's Journ. pi. in 
p. 174 — Lath. Gen. Hist. 11. p. 131, No. 34. 
The rich crimson-red which forms the ground 
colour of this beautiful species, recals to mind the 
Scarlet Lories, and it is no doubt from this general 
resemblance the name of Lory has been given to it 
by the settlers in New Holland, of which country 
it is a native. It appears to be numerous and wide- 
ly dispersed, congregating in large flocks, and fre- 
quently doing considerable damage to the wheat and 
Indian corn — the Cerealea constituting a favourite 
food with several species of this genus. On this 
account it is persecuted by the farmer, who endea- 
vours to reduce their numbers by the gun, as well as 
by traps, in which they are readily taken. The ex- 
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