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CLASS AVKS. 



white ; shoulders and wing-coverts, blue. New 

 Holland. 



Tabrian Parrot. P. Scapulatus. Bech. Vaill. 55, 

 56. Enl. 240. 



Head front of neck, sides and belly, brilliant deep-red, 

 with a few blue spots under the tail ; demi-collar, 

 blue; back, green. New Holland. 



Tahuan Parrakeet. P. Tahuensis. Lath, or Atro- 

 purpureus. Sh. Lev. Mus. t. 34. 



Dark-crimson with green; back, wings, and tail-quills, 

 and outer tail-feathers, blue. Friendly Islands. 



Amhoina Red Parrakeet. P. Amboinensis. Gm. 

 Enl. 240. and White, p. 168, and 169. 



Head, neck, and all beneath, scarlet; back, rump, 

 and quills of tail, blue. Amboina. 



It is of this division that Vigors and Horsfield have 

 made their genus Platycercus.* 



In common Parrots, with the tail wedged almost 

 equally. 



Brazil Yellow Parrakeet. P. Guaruba. Kuhl, or 

 P. Luteus. Lath. Vaill, 20. or Aratinga Carolince. 

 Spix. 12. 



Body, yellow ; wings and tail, yellowish green with 

 blue. Brazil. 



• Others place here— P. SpuriuSy P.Fenustus, P.Cyanomelas, P. Icterotit, 

 P. Multicolor. 



