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Psittacus roseicollis, Russ. 
Synonyms: Agapornis roseicollis, Bp.; Psittacus pullarius, var. Lchtst.; 
Psittacus parasiticus, Tme. ?; Psittacula roseicollis, Woi., etc. 
GtEeman: Der Posenpapagei. 
A lthough bearing much resemblance to the subject of the last 
notice, this is a different bird, inhabiting Southern Africa, up 
to the Equator, while the Red-faced species is found on the western 
coast as far as Angola, whence it is frequently called, especially of older 
writers, the Guinea Parrot, or “Paroquet.-” 
The Rosy-faced Love-bird is about the same size as its red-visaged 
congener, and like the latter, the general colour of the plumage is 
grass green, the forehead is scarlet, the cheeks and the throat are 
rosy-red, the rump and upper tail coverts are sky-blue, and the under 
surface of the wings blackish grey: the beak is greenish grey, the tail 
green with reddish, blue, and black diagonal bands. 
The seal let frontlet is of a fainter shade in the female. 
The green plumage of the young is darker and the red fainter than 
m the parent birds, and the beak has a blackish tip. 
Why these birds should be so very much dearer than their Red-faced 
relatives is one of those mysteries that to the connoisseur appear to 
be inscrutable, for they are, in every way, the more desirable of the 
two species, yet they are very seldom to be obtained, and then only 
at fancy prices: Dr. Russ says “from one hundred and eighty marks 
(shillings) for the pair.” 
As we have said, the Rod-faced Love-birds have not been produced 
in captivity, but the Rosy-faced nest very readily in confinement, 
several amateurs in Germany having bred them to the third and fourth 
generation. 
A most interesting account of his success, and that of his friends 
