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PsiTTACus FLAViNUCHus. Ps'itt. viridls, vittd nuchali nitide fiavd ; 

 remigum primorum pogoniis internis nigris, remigis primi pogonio 

 externo saturate caruleo ; reliquorum pogoniis externis ad basim 

 saturate viridibus, exinde caruleis, remigum minorum pogoniis ex- 

 ternis coccineo, viridi et cxruleo pictis, rectricibus utrijique tribus 

 externis cum pogoniis internis ad basim coccineis. 

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

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

 a broad band of beautiful j^ellow ; 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, then 

 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 M^hite. 



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

 Hab. Shores of South America and the Pacific. 

 In the collection of the Zoological Society. 



CoccYzus FERRUGiNEUs. Cocc. cttpite cincreo, dorso alisque satu- 

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

 cente ; caudd in medio fused, gradatm ad rectrices externas albes- 

 cent e ; 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 slightly, 

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

 each side buff at the base, jDassing 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, 1| ; wing, 5^; tail, G\; tarsi, \^. 



Hab. Cocos island. North Pacific. 



In the collection of the Zoological Society. 



Penelope leucogastra. Pene. capite et collo superiore olivaceo- 

 fuscis, singulis plumis cinereo marginatis ; corpore superiore et alis 

 splendide fuscis nitore metallico ; caudd ceneo-viridi, rectricibus 

 externis late albo marginatis ; abdomine et femoribus albis. 



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



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