ORDER SCANSORES. 487 



Large Black Parrot. P. Vasa. Vaill. 51. 



Black, with grey and brown reflections. Much larger 

 than the last. South Africa. 



Masked Parrot. P. Mascarinus. 3. Enl. 5. Vaill. 

 139. 



Large, bro\vn, lighter underneath, with a black mask ; 

 rest of head and neck, ashy-grey; lateral tail, white at 

 the base, the rest brown. Madagascar. 



Crimson-winged Parrakeet. P. Erythropterus. 

 Nat. Mis. 653. 



Crown, cheeks, and ridge of wings, green; back, 

 black ; rump blue ; beneath, yellowish-green. New 

 Holland. 



Nonpareil Parrakeet. P. Eximms. Vaill. 28, 9. 

 Nat. Mis. 93. 



Head, neck, and breast, scarlet ; wings and tail, blue ; 

 back, black, undulated with green ; beneath, yellow. 

 New Holland. 



Pennants Parrakeet. P. Pennanti. Lath. White, 

 t. at p. 174 and 175, or Elegans, Gm. Vaill. 78, 79? or 

 P. Gloriosus. Sh. 53. 



Scarlet, with blue throat, wings, and tail ; back 

 varied with black. New Holland. 



Brown's Parrot. P. Brownii. Kuhi. Vaill. 80. 



Crown, black ; cheeks, white ; above, black ; the 

 feathers margined with yellow ; beneath, yeik^ish . 



