104 psittacid^. 



and intermediate tail-feathers most splendid green ; 

 the lateral tail-feathers, with the tips of the outer 

 webs blue ; the base, inner webs, and vent san- 

 guineous. 



Sp. 9. Ps. purpureus. Kuhl. 



Ps. menstruus, foem ? Shaiv, v. viii. p. 540. — Guiaua. 

 Sp. 10. Ps. sordidus. Lin?i. Syst. Nat.'i.ji. 148. 

 Ps. guld rectricibusque lateribus exlenie cceruleis ; cri.sso sui/gni- 



neo; latere hxfero rufo-hrnnnescente. 

 Parrot with the throat and lateral tail-feathers externally blue ; 



the vent blood-colour ; the under side red-brown. 



Dusky Parrot. Edwards Glean. — Perroquet brun. Le Vaill. 

 Perr. pi. 104. — Psittacus sordidus. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. 

 Cur. {Kuhl.) V. X. p. 74. 



Inhabits Brazil. Moderate size : allied to Ps. 

 menstruus : the throat and lateral tail-feathers are 

 blue : the head above and scapulars are greenish- 

 brown : the vent is blood-red : the cheeks, nape, face, 

 and wings green : the under parts reddish-brown : 

 the beak red, yellowish towards the base. 



Sp. 11. Ps. AuKizouicus. Shaix),v. vV\i. p. 493.pl. 74. — Psitta- 

 cus poikylorhynchus. Sliaiv, xk viii. p. 49 1 . — Psittacus Aurora. 

 Shaw, V. viii. p. 502. — Psittacus Paradisi. Shmv, v. viii. j). 501 . 

 pi. 75. — Guiana and Surinam. 



Sp. 12. Pr. ajstivus. Li7i}i. Syst. Nat. i. 146. — Psittacus Aurora. 

 Shaiv, V. viii. ^3. 508.pl. 76. — Brazil. 



Sp. 13. Ps. Bouqueti. Le Vaill. Per. 135. — Psittacus caeruli- 

 frons. Shaw, v. viii. ^, 513. — Brazil. 



Sp. 14. Ps. cyanotis. Temminck. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 

 (Kuhl.) V. X. p. 77 ■ — Psittacus Brasiliensis. Shaw, v. viii. 

 p. 5\4. pi. 77. — Peru. 



Sp. 15. Ps. erythrurus. Nova Act, Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) 

 v. X. p. 77. 



