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UNDULATED NANODES. 
N anodes undulatus. — Vig. et Horsf. 
PLATE XXVIII. 
Nan odes undulatua, Vig. et Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. b. xv. 
p. 277 Psittacus undulatus, Shaw’s Nat. Mis. pi. 673. 
— Kuhl, Nov. Acta, $c., p. 49, No. 76 Euphemiaundu- 
lata, Wagler, Mon. Psitt. in Abhand. <|'C., p. 492 and 
545. 
This little species, which scarcely exceeds seven 
inches in length, approaches still closer than its con- 
geners in colour and appearance to the Ground Par- 
rot, and brings the genus Pezoporus, Illig. into im- 
mediate connexion, with that to which it belongs. 
Its habits and mode of life are supposed to resemble 
those of its congeners, but we unfortunately possess 
too little information upon these interesting points, 
the skins we receive from abroad being mostly col- 
lected by persons who take no’ other interest in the 
pursuit except the mere acquisition of the bird, are 
rarely accompanied by any notes or observations il- 
lustrative of the natural history of the species they 
belong to. The head and nape are of a yellowish- 
green, with very fine dark undulating lines ; upon 
each cheek is a small patch of azure-blue, the upper 
