THE 
CRIMSON-FRONTED PARRAKEET 
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Generic Character. 
Bill hooked. Upper mandible moveable. 
Nojlri/s round, placed in the bafe of the bill. 
Tongue flefhy, broad, blunt at the end. 
Legs Ihort. Toes formed for climbing, viz. two 
backward and two forward. 
Linnreus and Pennant . 
Specific Character. 
GREEN PARRAKEET with lengthened tail, 
front and fpot behind the eye crimfon, and 
blueifli crown. 
A r . B. 'this fpecies is extremely nearly allied to the. 
Pacific Parrot of Latham, vol. i. p. 252. 
The beautiful Parrakeet figured on this plate is a 
native of New Holland, and is one of the numerous 
new fpecies of birds very lately made known to the 
naturalifb of Europe. Its fize is that of a fmall turtle. 
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