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green ; forehead and region round the eyes lemon-yellow ; throat, breast, 

 wings, and tail black ; lores and a line on each side of the nock white ; small 

 wing-coverts blue ; tail cuneated ; tail-feathers externally washed with green. 



Hab. Brazil? 



Dr. Finsch thinks this is an artificial specimen. 



10. PsiTTACUS VERTICALLY. 



Psittacus vertices, Lath. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. xxii, n. 9 (1802) ; Shaw, Gen. 



Zool. viii. 2, p. 418 (1811); Vicill. N. D. xxv. p. 359 (1817); Kuhl, 



Co?isp. Psitf. p. 100 (1820) ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1394 (1823) ; Wagl. 



Mm. Psitt. p. 741 (av. dub.) (1832) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 913 (1808). 

 Ked-topped Parrot, Lath. Syn. Suppl, ii. p. 369 (1802) ; id. Gen. Hist. ii. 



p. 182 (1822). 



Green, with the middle of the crown red; quills blue ; bill large, blue, with 

 a black tip. Length 18 inches. 



Hab. New Holland. 



Dr. Latham notices that this bird is most allied to the Pacific Parrakeet, 

 but seems to be nearly twice the size. 



11. EoSE-FRONTED PARROT. 



Eose-fronted Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hid. ii. p. 18(5 (1822) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. 

 p. 913 (1868). 



" Length eight inches and a half. Bill dusky pale flesh-colour ; forehead 

 and round the bill above obscure rosy buff; cheeks and chin dusky pale green; 

 plumage above full green, beneath yellow-green ; rump and under wing-coverts 

 blue-green ; quills dusky, edged outwardly with green ; tail cuneiform, the two 

 middle feathers nearly five inches long, and project one inch and three quarters 

 beyond the adjoining ones, which are two inches and three quarters long, the 

 rest graduate in proportion to the outmost, which is only one inch and a half; 

 the two middle are chiefly blue, with pale tips, the others green, the inner webs 

 more or less yellow ; quills long, and reach to where the two middle feathers 

 extend beyond the others ; legs brown, claws pale." (Latfaim.) 



Probably a young bird 



12. Crimson-crowned Parrakeet. 



Crimson-crowned Parrakeet. Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 419 (1811) ; ? Lath. 

 Gen. Hist. ii. p. 184 (1822). 



"Size [of Tabuan Parrakeet, to which it seems extremely allied; colour 

 similar, except that the crown of the head alone is of a rich scarlet ; across the 

 shoulders a pale green bar, as in the Tabuan ; rump blue." (Shaw.) 



Hub. New Holland. 



Shaw's description seems to apply to a specimen of Aprosmictus cyanopygius 

 (Vieill.); Latham's description differs somewhat, and cannot be well identified. 



13. Ciilorotic Parrot. 



Chlorotic Parrot, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 144 (1822) ; Finsch, Papag. ii. 

 p. 914 (186S). 



" Length fourteen inches or more. Bill pale; irides hazel; plumage on the 

 head, upper parts of the body, wings, and tail pale greenish yellow, shafts of 

 the feathers white ; throat and breast pale red, growing deeper on the belly and 

 vent, so as to appear quite red, but the feathers of the last margined with dull 

 yellow at the ends, appearing like crescents, rump tinged with red ; tail cunei- 

 form, greenish yellow, with a light tinge of scarlet at the end; legs black." 

 (Latham.) 



According to Dr. Finsch, perhaps a variety of some species of the genu3 

 Platycercus. 



