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feathers, in the other of six, and similar in form to 
that of the Common Lapwing. The bill, in shape 
and proportion, seems almost intermediate between 
that of Platycercus and Pezoporus, the tarsi are ele- 
vated, the toes slender, with claws slightly fal- 
cate. Like most of the Platycercinae, they are much 
upon the ground, where they move with freedom, 
and feed upon grass-seeds, maize, and other corn. 
In Wagler's Monographia Psittacorum, they form 
his fourth genus Nymphicus, which title we adopt, 
as having been imposed prior to that of Leptolophus, 
by which it is characterized in Mr Swainson’s Illus- 
trations. Our figure represents the 
