. Birds of the British Empire. Birds. THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 319 The Shining Pakrakeet, from the Feejee Islands, striking resemblance to the king parrakeet, but is, thing, a trifle smaller. It has the bill black, and lacks the wing mark that distinguishes the latter. The Masked Parrakeet is a large bird, with a long tail, also from Feejee. It is of a rich grass green colour, with a black head and face. It makes a nice cage bird, as it rarely screams, and gets very tame, but has not much imita- tive faculty. The Nestors, or New Zealand Hawk Parrots, are very peculiar birds, about the size of a
. Birds of the British Empire. Birds. THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 319 The Shining Pakrakeet, from the Feejee Islands, striking resemblance to the king parrakeet, but is, thing, a trifle smaller. It has the bill black, and lacks the wing mark that distinguishes the latter. The Masked Parrakeet is a large bird, with a long tail, also from Feejee. It is of a rich grass green colour, with a black head and face. It makes a nice cage bird, as it rarely screams, and gets very tame, but has not much imita- tive faculty. The Nestors, or New Zealand Hawk Parrots, are very peculiar birds, about the size of a crow, and quite as active among the branches as the latter, for, instead of crawling about with the aid of the bill, like the rest of beai s a if an}^-. FiG. 15.—The Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greene, W. T. , Dr. London : Imperial Press
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