On a group of Psittacidce known to the Ancients. 51 



Rose-ringed Parrakeet. Lath. Syn. Vol. II. p. 160. No. 70. 



Ed. 2^\ 

 Rose-ringed Parrakeet. Shaw. Gen. Zool. Vol. VIII. p. 425. 



/S. var.Jlav. .r 



Perruche souffre. Le Vaill. pi. 43. 



Sulphur Parrakeet. Shaw. Gen. Zool. Vol. VIII. p. 428. 



Habitat in India, Africaque. 



It is said that this species is abundant on the African Continent, 

 and IS found as far westward as Senegal. M. Brisson has asserted 

 that it is a native of America (Vol. IV. p. 326), led into this 

 errour most probably from his having received specimens from that 

 country which had been previously imported into it from India. 

 It is not often that we have to notice an inaccuracy of this kind 

 in the works of that naturalist, which may be consulted with 

 much advantage, both for the sake of the information they contain 

 and their scientifick views, 



3. FlAvitorquis. Shaw. P. viridis, subtus subjlavescens^ torque 



Jlavoy capite, collo postico, redricibusque mediis cwruleis, his 

 apice albidis, 



Psittacus flavitorquis. Shaw. Gen. Zool. Vol. I. p. 439. 

 Psittacus annulatus. Bechst. 



Kuhl. Nova Acta. &c. No. 36. 



Perruche a collier jaune. Le Vaill. pi. 75, 76. 

 Yellow-collared Parrakeet. Lath. Syn. Vol. II. p. 166. No. 

 75. Ed. 2-a. 



Habitat in India. 



4. BiTORQuATus. Kuhl. P. viridisy torque dupliciy superiore cce- 



ruleoy inferiore rubro^ gula nigra, 



Psittaca Borbonica torquata. Briss. Vol. IV. p. 328. No. 57. 



t. 27. f. 1. 

 Psittacus bitorquatus. Kuhl. Nova Acta, &c. No. 168. 

 Psittacus Alexandri. var. I. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 98. 



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