ORDER SCANSORES. 488 



Brazilian dreen M^dda'ib. P. S^^efili. Vaill. 8, 

 9, and 10. 



Gt6ett; froht, piii^ple-bi-bWA ^, wingis, blu6 ; tail- 

 featheris, blue labovie, red beneath. 



Parrot Maccaw. P. Macawuanna. Enl. 864, 



Vaill. 7. 



Green ; beneath, refescent ; crown, and wings, bluish. 



Purple-backed Maccaw. Arara Purpureo-dorsalis. 

 Spix. 24. 



Large ; yellow-green ; back, middle of the belly, and 

 forehead, purple ; crown, primaries, and tip of tail, 

 blue ; base of tail, red. Brazil.* 



The others with a long tail have in common the 

 n^me 



Parrakeet (Conurus, Kuhl.) ; 



M. Le Vaillant divides them into 



Maccaw Parrakeets, 



Which have a naked space round the eye ; they come 

 from America, like the Maccaws. 



Pavniuane Parrakeet. P. Gupanensis. fiiil. 167, 

 407. Vaill. 14, 15. 



Green ; orbits, naked, whitish ; quill, and tail feathers, 

 yellowish ; underneath shoulders, and under wing- 

 coverts, red. Guiana. 



* Add frombthWl, PtittadUi afnbiguui, Becht. PM. Hl^efi. Kuhl. 



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