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460. Psittacula Passerina. (Linn) Kuhi. Ed. 



O/J^Birds, PL 235 ; Psittacula Capensis, Grael. ; Agap- 

 ornis Cyanopterus, Swain. ; Perruche a Ailes Dleues, 

 Buff. Ois. ; Petite Perruche de Cap de Bonne Espe- 

 rance ; Ps. Gregarius, Spix., PI. Enl, 445, f. 1 ; 

 Blue-winged Parrakeet, Lath. Syn. ; P. Cyanopterus, 

 Bodd. ; Ag. Guianensis, Swain. 



PLUMAGE green, some of the wing- feathers blue; under 

 wing-coverts blue; bill and legs reddish. It is sometimes 

 said to have a blue spot on the crown, and yellow legs. Length 

 about 4" 6'". 



Native, according to Buffon, of the Cape of Good Hope (Shaw's 

 Zoology, Vol. VIII., p. 556) ; but I much doubt this being a Cape 

 species. It was probably introduced from the Eastward. 



461. Psittacula Roseicollis. (vieii) Shaw, Zooi, 



Vol. XIV., PL 1, p. 143; Kuhl., N. Disk d'His. Nat. 

 XXV., p. 377 ; P. Pullarius, var. ft Linn. 



PLUMAGE pale green ; forehead and eyebrows red ; face and 

 neck in front, rosy ; lower wing-coverts, blue-green ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts, azure ; tail scarlet, with tip bluish ; a 

 black band at the tip ; outer webs edged with green. Length, 

 6"; wing, 3" 10'"; tail, 2". 



" Inhabits South Africa." Shaw, loc. cit. I have received several 

 specimens from Damaraland, but have not yet seen it from any locality 

 actually within my limits. 



462. Psittacula Swinderiana, Wagier; Psit- 



J}. tacus Swinderianus, Kuhl., Consp. Psitt., P. 62, t. 2; 

 Agapornis Swinderianus, Nat. Lib., Vol. VI., Parrots, 

 P. 118; Swindem's Lovebird. 



HEAD and nape, beautiful lively green, bounded by a black 

 nuchal collar ; neck and breast yellowish green ; mantel and 

 wings green ; lower back, and upper tail-coverts, deep azure 

 blue ; the tail has the two intermediate feathers green ; the 

 rest on each side have their basal half vermilion- red, bounded 

 by a bar of black, the tips green. Length about 6". 

 Said by Swainson to be a native of South Africa. Sed non vidi. 



