ORDER SCANSORES. 497 



Dusky Parrot. P. Sordidus. Vaill. 104. 



Top of head and back, dusky; sides and behind, 

 greenish; throat, blue; beneath, cinereous-brown. 

 New Spain. 



Amazon,or Common Green Parrot, with blue forehead. 

 P. Amazonicus. Enl. 13, 120, 312. Vaill. 98, 99. 



Green ; bend of shoulders and patch on wino-s, red ; 

 crown and head, yellow ; front, blue. America. 



Amazon Parrot. P. jEstivus. Enl. 547 and 897. 

 Vaill. 110, and 110, bis. 



Above, dull green ; top of head yellow. Underneath, 

 paler, and more yellow green. Guyana. 



Blue-faced Parrot. P. Ccerulifrons. Sh. Edw 

 230. Vaill. 135. 



Green ; paler beneath ; front blue, inclining to violet. 

 Guyana. 



Brazil Parrot. P. Ctjanotis. Tern., or Brasiliensis. 

 Lin. Edw. 161. Vaill. 106. 



Grass-green ; paler beneath ; head yellow ; round the 

 base of the bill bright red. Brazil. 



Red-handed Parrot. P. Dominicensis. Enl. 792, or 

 Vinaceus. Pr. Max. or Columbinus. Spix. 27. 



On forehead from eye to eye a red band ; green, 

 above ; stomach, reddish ; quills, blue. Guiana. 



Dufresne's Parrot. P. Dufresnianus. Kuhl. 

 Vaill. 91. 



Body green ; top and front of head red ; upper part 

 of wings clear green. Cayenne and Brazil. 



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