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PSITTACIDiE. 



Sp. 3. Ps. vcrsicoloi-. 



Psittacus versicolor. Shaxv, v. viii. p. 405. 

 Sp. 4. Ps. vittatus. 



Psittacus vittatus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 404. 

 Sp. 5. Ps. auricapillus. 

 Vs. front e coccinea; tcmporihus ahdominc uropijgioque purpu?ris; 



pectore gu/dqiie ex rubescente-viridi-Jlavis ; alarum ieclricihiis 



infirioribus purpurea -coccineis. 

 Psittacus with the forehead scarlet; the temples, abdomen, and 



rumj) purple; the breast and throat of a reddish -green-yellow; 



the lower wing-coverts of a purple-scarlet. 

 Psittacus auricapillus. Lich. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. {Kuhl.) 



V. X. p. 20. 



Inhabits Brazil. Green : tlie forehead scarlet : 

 the temples, abdomen, and rump purple : the head 

 above golden : the breast and throat of a reddish- 

 yellow-green : the secondary quills and external pri- 

 maries blue : the under wing-coverts scarlet-purple : 

 the tail beneath yellow-black, above at the base yel- 

 low-green, the greater part of the tip blue. The 

 young have the head above yellow-green j the anterior 

 part of the forehead above scarlet. 



Sp. 6. Ps. leucotis. 



Ps. regione paroticd alba; collo pectoreque viridi-cccrulescentibus, 



transversim albo nigroque striatis; humeris coccineis. 

 Psittacara with the parotic region white ; the neck and breast 



green-blue transversely striped with black and white; the 



shoulder scarlet. 

 Psittacus leucotis. Lich. Nova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kuhl.) 



V, \. p. 21. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length eight inches and a half: 

 the head brown, varied with blue : a spot at the man- 

 dible, the tail, the rump, and lower part of the abdo- 



