PARRA CAPENSIS.— Smith. 



AvES. — Plate XXXIJ. 



P. fronte subflava ; superciliis albis ; capite supra, fascia ante alas, corporis lateribus, caudaque rubro- 

 aurantiis ; cervice nigra, purpurco-tincta ; dorse flavo-brunnoo ; subtus alba ; gutturis, pectorisque 

 lateribus viridi-flavis ; reniigibiis piirpureo-brunneis, apicibiis aliquarum albis, rcliquarum flavo- 

 brunneis ; rostro nnguibusque flavo-brunneis ; pedibus viridi-flavis. 



Lo.XGiTUDO corporis cum capite 51 uuc. ; caudac 1 imc. lin. 



Colour. — Front sienna-yellow ; eyebrows white ; the crown of the head, 

 the nape, the sides of the head, behind the eyes, a narrow bar on each side of 

 base of neck, in front of the shoulders, together with the sides of the body, 

 and the tail, deep reddish orange, brightest on the head. The upper surface 

 of the neck, between the nape and the interscapulars, black glossed with 

 purple ; interscapulars, back, and upper tail coverts, intermediate between 

 broccoli and yellowish brown, the feathers tipt with wood-brown, and 

 clouded with metallic purple. Sides of neck and breast pale greenish- 

 yellow ; chin, throat, breast, belly, and under tail coverts, white ; shoulders 

 and lesser wing coverts yellowish grey ; primary quill coverts light liver, 

 brown ; secondary quill coverts pale broccoli-brown, tipt and edged externally 

 with white. Primary and secondary quill feathers liver-brown, a few of the 

 innermost secondaries white at the points, the remainder together with the 

 primaries narrowly tipt with yellowish brown ; tertiaries between brownish 

 red and yellowish brown, their tips and the edges of the outer vanes dull 

 white. Inner surface of shoulders and wings light liver-brown. Bill and 

 claws yellowish brown ; legs and toes livid greenish yellow. 



Form, &c. — Aberrant. Bill straight, moderately long, slender, and towards 

 the point distinctly wedge-shaped. Wings, when folded, reach to near the 

 tip of the tail, the first and second quill feathers longest, the third, fourth, and 

 fifth nearly equal, and slightly shorter than the two outermost. On the edge 

 of each shoulder a small tubercle in place of a spine. Tail lax and conical. 



