484 CLASS AVES. , 



Scaly-breasted Parrakeet. P. Squamosus. Shaw, 

 Mis. 1061. 



Top of head, and neck, purple-brown ; green on the 

 upper part ; brown, beneath ; the feathers margined 

 with white. Less than a blackbird. 



Banded Parrakeet. P. Vittatus. Vaill. I7. 



All above, and sides of belly, green; chest, yellowish- 

 ash, with darker bands ; quills of wings, blue above ; 

 tail, green. Brazil. 



Wave-breasted Parrakeet. P. Versicolor. Enl. 144. 

 Vaill. 16. 



Shining-green ; throat, brown, each feather with a 

 yellow margin. Cayenne. 



Angola-yellow Parrakeet. P. Solstitialis. Vaill. 16, 

 19, or Aratinga Chrysocephalus. Spix, 14. His 

 Aratinga luteus, 14, is a variety of it. 



Orange-yellow, with green spots on the back and 

 wings ; sides, and thighs, red. Angola.* 



Parrots with arrow-shaped tails, in which the mid- 

 dle tail-feathers greatly exceed the others in length. 



It is of this division that Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield 

 have made their genus Pal^eornis. 



Collared Parrakeet. P. Torquatus. Briss. Enl. 

 551. 



Green, tinged with yellow ; beneath, a broad band of 

 yellow, striped with black at the back of the head. 

 Philippine Islands. 



• Some place here P. Auricapilus, P. Patagonus. P Leucotis, P. Inornatut, 



