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rSITTACID^. 



GENUS CCXIII.— NANODES, Vigors. 



Beak small, short ; the upper 

 mandible rounded, the 

 lotver short, somewhat 

 emarginated. 



Wings moderate. 



Legs rather slender; tarsi 

 somewhat elongated. 



Tail elongated, gradated. 



Head plumose. 



Rostrum parvum, breve ; 



mandibula superior rotun- 



data, injerior brevis sub- 



emarginata. 

 Alee mediocres. 

 Pedes subgraciles ; tarsi sub- 



elongati. 

 Cauda clongata, gradata. 

 Caput plumosum. 



Pezoporus (pars)? Kuhl. 



The Nanodes appear to be confined to the vast 

 continent of New Holland, and the islands imme- 

 diately adjoining. 



Sp. 1. Na. discolor. 



Psittacus discolor. Shaw, v. viii. p. 46G. 



Sp. 2. Na. pulchellus. 



Psittacus pulchellus. Skatv, v. viii. p. 470. Linn. Trans. 



(Temm.) v. xiii. p. 122. — Psittacus clirysogaster. Shaw, v. viii. 



p. 468; young. 



Sp. 3. Na. venustus. 



Na. loris et periophthalmisjlavis, aut viridi-Jlavis ; fascia angustd 

 Jrontali ad oculos productd cceruled; collo antico pectoreque 

 IcBte mridibus; abdomhie fiavo. 



Nanodes with the lores and ophthalmic region yellow, or greenish- 

 yellow 5 a narrow frontal band from one eye to the other, blue; 

 the neck in front and the breast deep green; the abdomen 

 yellow. 



Psittacus venustus. Linn. Trans. (Tenim.) v. \m.p. 121. — Psit- 

 tacus chrysostomos. N'ova Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. (Kiihl.) v. x. 

 p. 51. pi. I.; male. 



Inhabits Australia. Length eight inches and a 

 half : lores and round the eyes yellow : a narrow blue 



