Jacques Barraband (1767/8-1809)
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Jacques Barraband (1767/8-1809)

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Jacques Barraband (1767/8-1809)

Violet-necked Lory (Plate no. 51, Le Lori Ecaille, Eos squamata. Sheet size 19¾ x 12 inches [502 x 310mm.])

A member of a family with 4 species or sub-species native to Papua, the Moluccas and other neighbouring islands. Their favoured habitat is coastal areas with tree cover and coconut plantations and these Lories are considered fairly common. [With:]

Swift Parrot (Plate no. 50, Perruche Banks, Lathamus discolor. Sheet size 190 x 12 inches [500 x 310mm.])

Breeding only in Tasmania, the endangered Swift Parrot migrates to the mainland every autumn to winter mostly in the nectar-rich box-ironbark forests and woodlands of Victoria and New South Wales.The breeding popu lation now consists of fewer than 1300 breeding pairs. (2)
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