APPENDIX. 605 



Crested Red-Parrakeet, Lath. Syn. i. p. 233, n. 25 (1781) ; id. Gen. Hist. 



ii. p. 141 (1822). 

 Psittacus iavanicus, Gm. {nee auct.) S. K i. p. 319, n. 64 (1788) ; Bechst. 



Kurze Ueb. p. 71 (1811-12). 

 Psittacus bontii, Lath. Lid. Om. i. p. 92, n. 29 (1790) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. 



viii. 2, p. 453 (1811) ; Vieill. N. D. xxv. p. 349 (1817) ; id. Enc. Meth. 



iii. p. 1388 (1823). 



Scarlet ; throat grey ; fore neck and breast rose-colour ; wings and scapulars 

 varied with green ; the outer tail-feathers rose-coloured, with blue tips ; bill and 

 legs grey ; tail very long. Size of a Lark. 



Hah. Java. 



Both Wagler and G. R. Gray identify this bird with Charmosyna papuensis ! 



6. Psittacus fok.uosus. 



Psittacus formosus, Scop. Annus I. Hist. Nat. p. 30 (1769) ; Finsch, Papaq 

 ii. p 910 (1868). 



Green-yellow; forehead blue, shoulders red; size of Columba domestica; 

 breast and abdomen with narrow dark cross lines ; the feathers of the legs (?) 

 yellow at the tip ; two middle tail-feathers entirely red ; hind neck red. 



Bab. ? 



7. Psittacus japoxicts. 



Psittacus erythrochlorus macrourus, Aldrov. Orn. i. p. 678, icon. p. 681. 



Psittaca japonensis, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 362 (1760). 



Psittacus japonicus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 141, n. 8 (1766) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 315 



n. 8(1788); Lath. lad. Orn. i. p. 86, n. 12 (1790); Shaw, Gen. Zool. 



viii. 2, p. 417 (1811); Bechst. Kurze Ueb. p. 67 (1811-12); ViciU.N. D. 



xxv. p. 359 (1817) ; Kuhl, C'onsp. Fsitt. p. 97 1 1820) ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. 



iii. p. 1394 (1823) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 910 (1868). 

 Perruche verte et rouge, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 159 (1779). 

 Japanese Parrot, Lath. Syn. i. p. 209, n. 12 (1781); id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 114(1822). 



Both Wagler and G. R. Gray identify the bird described by Aldrovandus 

 with Charmosyna papuensis. 



8. Psittacus pallidus. 



Psittacus pallidus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 258 (— ?); Lath. Syn. Sttppl. ii. 



p. 84 (1802) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 471 (1811) ; Vieill. N. I), xxv. 



p. 374 (1817); id. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 912 (1823); Wagl. Mon. Psitt. 



p. 742 (av. dub.) (1832) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 912 (1868). 

 Pale Parrakeet, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 145 (1822). 



■• Yellow Parrakeet, with whitish wings slightly tinctured with rose-colour 

 and with a cast of greenish according to the direction of the light. Length 

 about 6 inches.'' {Shaw.) 



Hah. New Holland? 



This is, according to Dr. Finsch, an albino of a species belongiug to the genus 

 Euphema. 



9. Psittacus nigricollis. 



Psittacus nigricollis. Lath. Syn. Svppl. ii. p. xxii, n. 8 (1802); Shaw, Gen. 



Zool. viii. 2, p. 443 (1811); Vieill. N. D. x*v. p. 363 (1817); Kuhl, 



('■■iisp. Psitt. p. '.14 (1820); Vieill. Enc Meth. iii. p. 1397 (1823); Waal. 



M, n. Psitt. p. 74:; (1832); Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 912 | 18 18). 

 Black-necked Parrakeet, Lath. 8yn. Suppl.ii. p. 90, u. 17 (1^02) • id Gen 



Hist. ii. p. 158(1822), 



Size oiPalawrnis alexandri, but with shorter tail; bill black; general colour 



