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dued with the power of promoting a comfortable exift- 
ence by an approach towards ufeful arts and induftry. 
It is in thefe favage regions however that Nature feems 
to have poured forth many of her moft highly orna- 
mented products with unufual liberality : where, in par- 
ticular, fhe appears to have itationed birds, fuperior per- 
haps in elegance to thofe of moft other climes; and 
which difplay their richly-varied plumage in fcenes un- 
Known to mankind ina civilifed ftate, and where their 
beauties can only be contemplated by the eyes of bar- 
barians. 
Amidft the number of thefe admired animals, the 
{pecies reprefented on the annexed plate may juftly claim 
a diltinguifhed place. It may indeed be doubted whether 
any bird can exhibit a plumage more elegant, or colours 
of anobler hue. Thefe are fo accurately expreffed on 
the plate, as well as mentioned in the fpecific chara¢ter, 
that it becomes unneceflary to particularife them here. 
It therefore remains only to add, that the fize of this 
{pecies is equal to that of the Pennantian, or Splendid 
Parrot, to which it is alfo nearly allied in fhape and ge- 
neral difpofition of colours. 
