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The most beautiful, perhaps, of all these birds come from 
the Australian region, where are found a great number of spe¬ 
cies. Among them are Pennant’s Parrakeet ( Platycercus 
pennanti ), the Rosehill Parrakeet (P. eximius), the Pale¬ 
headed Parrakeet (P. pallidiceps ), Bauer’s Parrakeet 
( P . zonarius ), Barnard’s Parrakeet (P. barnardi), Swain- 
son’s Lorikeet ( Tricoglossus novce-hollandice) , the Scaly- 
breasted Lorikeet (T. chlorolepidotus) , Forsten’s Lori¬ 
keet ( T. forsteni'), the Black-tailed Parrakeet ( Polytelis 
melanurus ), and the Blood-rumped Parrakeet ( Psephotus 
hcematonotus). The Zebra or Grass Parrakeet ( Melopsitta - 
cus undulatus ), also from Australia, is one of the most beau¬ 
tiful of these birds,—it is very small, and being of a green 
color, marked with undulating yellowish white lines, 
bordered with black, it is almost impossible to distinguish 
it from the grass in which it is generally to be found. 
The Ring-necked Parrakeet (. Palceornis torquatus ), the 
Blossom-headed Parrakeet (P. cyanocephala ), the Blue- 
streaked Lory ( Eos reticulata ), the Violet-necked Lory 
{Eos riciniata ), and the Alexandrine Parrakeet (. P . alex- 
andri ) are very handsome and graceful birds from India and 
the Asiatic Islands. 
The parrots of the New World, as a rule, are not so bril¬ 
liantly colored as those from the other hemisphere, being 
generally green, with various markings of red, yellow, white, 
and blue. 
Those kept as cage birds in this country commonly belong 
to the two large genera Chrysotis and Conurus; the former are 
known as Amazons and are birds of considerable size, with 
square tails of moderate length; the conures are smaller and 
have tails relatively longer and pointed. 
Those which are usually in the collection are the Yellow- 
fronted Amazon ( Chrysotis ochrocephala ), the Yellow¬ 
cheeked Amazon (C. autumnalis ), the Golden-naped 
Amazon (C auripalliata), the Blue-fronted Amazon (C. 
versicolor ), the White-fronted Amazon (C. albifrons ), the 
Yellow Conure ( Conurus solsiitialis) , the Brown-throated 
Conure (C. ceruginosus) y the White-eared Conure (C. leu- 
cotis), the Yellow-headed Conure (C. jendaya), the Cac¬ 
tus Conure (C. cactoruni ), and Petz’s Conure (C. petzi). 
North America possesses one species, the Carolina Conure 
(C. carolinensis ), which formerly ranged up to North Carolina 
and Kentucky, but which is now rarely found, even in the 
Gulf States. 
