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PsiTTACUs FLAViNUCHus. Psitt. vividis, vittd nuchali nitideflavd; 

 remigum primorum pogoniis internis nigris, remigis primi pogonio 

 externo saturate cceruleo ; reliquorum pogoniis externis ad basim 

 saturate viridibus, exinde cceruleis, remigum minorum pogoniis ex- 

 ternis coccineo, viridi et cceruleo pictis, rectricibus utrinque tribus 

 externis cum pogoniis internis ad basim coccineis. 

 Head, throat and under surface light green ; the feathers on the 

 sides of the neck sHghtly margined at the tip with hlack ; at the nape 

 a broad band of beautiful yellow ; back, scapularies and wing- coverts 

 dark green, the latter with paler edges ; first primary black on the 

 inner web and deep blue on the outer, the inner webs of the remain- 

 ing primaries black ; the basal third of their outer webs green, and 

 for the remainder of their length deep blue, the whole very slightly 

 tipped with buff; first four primaries black on their inner webs ; their 

 outer webs crimson for more than the basal half of their length, theu 

 green, and lastly deep blue, the two latter colours gradually blend- 

 ing into each other ; the rest of the secondaries black on their inner 

 and green on their outer webs, with a spot of deep blue near the ex- 

 tremity ; tail yellowish green, crossed on the middle by a broad band 

 of dark green, the three lateral feathers with a patch of crimson on 

 their inner webs ; basal portion of the inner webs of all the wing- 

 feathers on their under surface deep grass-green ; bill horn- colour ; 

 feet mealy white. 



Total length, 14 inches ; bill, 1| ; wing, 9 ; tail, 5| ; tarsi, 1. 

 Hab. Shores of South America and the Pacific. 

 In the collection of the Zoological Society. 



CoccTZUs FERRUGii^Eus. Cocc. capite cinereo, dofsq alisque satu- 

 rate ferrugineo-fuscis, colore ad apices remigum primorum palles- 

 cente ; caudd in medio fused, gradat\m ad rectrices externas albes- 

 cente ; corpore subtiis fulvo. 



Head grey, tinged on the crown with ferruginous ; back and wings 

 dark rusty-brown, becoming paler towards the extremities of the 

 primaries, which are brown on their inner webs at the tip ; two cen- 

 tre tail-feathers sandy buff, passing into brown at the tip ; the two 

 next on each side sandy at the base, deepening into brown, which is 

 darkest on the outer web ; that nearest the central feathers shghtly, 

 and the next largely tipped with white ; the two lateral feathers on 

 each side buff at the base, passing into white, the inner one of the 

 two with a line of brown down the basal two -thirds of its length ; 

 all the under surface buff, palest on the throat ; bill olive-black, under 

 mandible yellow at the base ; feet black. 



Total length, 11^ inches; bill, 11; wing, 5J; tail, 6J; tarsi, l^, 



Hab. Cocos island. North Pacific. 



In the collection of the Zoological Society. 



Penelope leucogastra. Pene. capite et collo superiore olivacea- 

 fuscis, singulis plumis cinereo marginatis ; corpore superiore et alis 

 splendide fuscis nitore metallico ; caudd ceneo-viridi, rectricibus 

 externis late albo marginatis ; abdomine etfemoribus albis. 



Head and upper part of the neck olive-brown, each feather mar- 



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